Medior QA Engineer (Mobile) – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Vacatures Zaandam; Zaandam; Hybrid; EUR 64,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

45 days paid leave

Flexible working hours

AH Tech Academy

Pension plan

Travel allowance

Staff discounts on groceries

Premium membership

Company laptop and phone

Job summary

Albert Heijn is seeking a QA Engineer for the Digital Product Innovation team to ensure high-quality mobile experiences in the Albert Heijn app across iOS and Android. You will work in a multidisciplinary, hybrid team near Zaandam, collaborating with frontend/backend developers and product managers to embed quality from the refinement stage onward.

You will perform functional and exploratory testing, analyze logs and APIs, and advocate for quality in an agile environment, contributing to

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing with a strong foundation in manual testing.
• Hands-on testing of mobile applications on iOS and/or Android.
• Solid knowledge of core testing methodologies and writing/executing test cases.
• Experience reporting defects in Jira and performing regression testing.
• Understanding of client-server architecture and REST APIs.
• Ability to analyze network traffic with tools like Proxyman.
• Bonus if you have Postman, mobile test automation tools such as Appium, or CI/CD concepts.
• Clear communication of findings and proactive knowledge sharing.
• You enjoy teamwork and working in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testing for new features in the Albert Heijn app on iOS and Android.
• Translate requirements into test scenarios; identify defects and document findings clearly.
• Investigate issues beyond UI by analyzing logs, API requests and responses, status codes and payloads.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders from refinement onward.
• Act as a quality advocate to improve product reliability and user experience.
• Provide timely feedback to support release decisions for innovative features.

Skills

Manual testing

Mobile testing

REST APIs

Jira

Proxyman

Postman

Appium

CI/CD

Agile mindset

Tools

Proxyman

Appium

Postman

CI/CD

Job description

Wat ga je doen?

As a QAEngineer within our Digital Product Innovation team, you'll helpbring innovative customer experiences to life in the Albert Heijnapp. You'll play a key role in ensuring new mobile features delivera seamless and reliable experience across iOS and Android. Ifyou're passionate about quality, enjoy combining a strong testingmindset with technical curiosity, and thrive in a fast-paced,innovative environment, we'd love to hear fromyou.

This is how you will reinventfood retail.

• Executefunctional, regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testingfor new innovation features within the Albert Heijn app across iOSand Android devices.
• Translate requirements andacceptance criteria into effective test scenarios, proactivelyidentify defects, and document findings in a clear and reproduciblemanner.
• Investigate issues beyond the userinterface by analyzing application logs, API requests andresponses, status codes, and payloads to help pinpoint rootcauses.
• Collaborate closely with developers,product managers, and other stakeholders from the refinement stageonward, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the developmentprocess rather than treated as a finalstep.
• Act as a quality advocate within theteam, contributing to discussions that improve product reliability,usability, and customer experience.
• Support thedelivery of innovative customer-facing features by providing timelyfeedback and helping teams make informed releasedecisions.

Your new team and office.

The Digital Product Innovation team turns new ideas into products used by millions of customers. From Steijn, our AI-poweredassistant, to innovations such as Laatste Kans Koopjes, we're constantly exploring new ways to improve the customer experiencewithin the Albert Heijn app.

You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of frontend and backend developers and a Senior QA Engineer. In this role, you’ll primarily focus on mobile testing and work closely with frontend engineers to ensure a seamless and reliable experience across iOS and Android.

Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train stationZaandam.

Making room for differences.

We believe that everyoneshould feel comfortable being themselves and feel welcome andvalued at work. We embrace different perspectives, experiences andbackgrounds, and actively work to build engaged teams whereeveryone has the opportunity to contribute. We believe thatdifferent perspectives help us make better decisions and achievebetter results together.

We look at thetalents, knowledge, experience and personality you bring. Don’tmeet every requirement but still see yourself in this role? Weencourage you to apply. We welcome candidates with differentbackgrounds and experiences and are curious to hear what you canbring and what you would like tocontribute.

The recipe for maximumimpact.

• Experience insoftware testing, with a strong foundation in manualtesting;
• Hands‑on experience testing mobileapplications on iOS and/or Android;
• Strongknowledge of core testing methodologies, including writing andexecuting test cases based on acceptance criteria, reportingdefects in Jira, and retesting and performing regression testingbefore release;
• A working understanding ofclient-server architecture and REST APIs, with the ability toanalyse network traffic using tools such asProxyman;
• A big bonus if you have experiencewith Postman, mobile test automation tools such as Appium, or CI/CDconcepts;
• You communicate findings clearly andproactively build and share productknowledge;
• You enjoy teamwork and making thingshappen in an Agile environment;
• You’re techsavvy, proactive, and have a strong passion fortechnology.

What weoffer.

• Anannual salary up to 71k including holiday allowance and a flexiblebonus. Depending on your experience;
• 45days of paid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25,5regular vacation days and 19,5 ADV days.Enjoy!;
• Flexible workinghours;
• Access to a challenging trainingcurriculum – AH Tech Academy;
• An excellentpension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 more than youas an employee;
• A travel allowance or aNS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam bytrain;
• Attractive discounts on variousinsurance policies;
• 10% staff discount ongroceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 peryear;
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premiummembership with many benefits;
• A company laptopand telephone.

We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors.

Albert Heijn goes way back. More than135 years, to be exact. So for millions of people, food shopping issynonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this witha complacent, ‘hey, if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions andstaying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands andFlanders? Check, the leading online food retail platform? Check, webuild, run and love it.

Together we make eatingbetter the easy choice. For everyone.

The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. Thesechanges have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues andpartners. And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towardsa new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijnwants more people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainablefood. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributespositively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eatingbetter the easy choice. For everyone.

AlbertHeijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores ourpurpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, moresocial, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is adesignation that a business is meeting high standards of verifiedperformance, accountability and transparency.

Wat wevragen?

• Truetech-savvy
• A positiveattitude
• A can-domentality