Senior Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java, Spring,Kafka) – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Albert Heijn; Zaandam; Hybrid; EUR 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

AH Tech Academy training curriculum

Excellent pension plan

Travel allowance / NS-card

Discounts on insurance

10% staff discount on groceries

Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership

Company laptop and telephone

Job summary

Albert Heijn in Zaandam is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin, Spring, Kafka) to join our Edge.os cluster and drive a SaaS retail media platform used by multiple brands across Europe.

You will own backend features in a high-traffic, microservices-based environment, collaborate with product and teams, and push for automation, reliability, and scalable design in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer in Kotlin/Java.
• Hands-on experience with Kotlin/Java (17+), Microservices Architecture, Spring Framework.
• Experience with Kafka, MongoDB, Postgres, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Join a scrum team and own specific product areas within our suite.
• Improve and develop new features with a wide range of brands in mind.
• Collaborate with the product owner and team to explore innovative feature ideas.
• Address challenges of developing a SaaS solution for multipleretailers.
• Prioritize automated end-to-end tests and code quality.
• Contribute to the broader product suite beyond your area.
• Drive daily improvements and actively contribute ideas.

Skills

Kotlin/Java

Microservices

Spring Framework

Kafka

CI/CD

English

Tools

MongoDB

Postgres

APIs

Azure

AKS

Job description

Wat ga je doen?

Join our Edge.os Cluster as a Senior Backend Engineer(Java/Kotlin, Spring, Kafka)!
Retail media is booming,and we’re building a cutting-edge platform to support all Aholdbrands in Europe with a comprehensive retail media suite. Get towork in a high traffic environment on a SaaS solution that will beutilized by approximately 15 different brands acrossEurope.

Thisis how you will reinvent foodretail.

• Join a scrumteam and take ownership of specific product areas within oursuite.
• Improve and develop new features with awide range of brands in mind.
• Connect with theproduct, collaborate with the product owner and your team, andexplore innovative feature ideas.
• Address thechallenges of developing a SaaS solution for multipleretailers.
• Prioritize automated end-to-endtests and code quality.
• Consider the broaderproduct suite beyond your specific area.
• Drivedaily improvements and actively contributeideas.

Yournew team and office.

In the Edge.oscluster, we are developing and implementing a retail media SaaSsolution for all Ahold Delhaize brands in Europe. Retail mediainvolves selling advertisement space on our digital touchpoints orin-store. Examples include:

• Promotingbrands like Tony Chocolonely when customers search for chocolate onour website or app.
• Displaying advertisementson big screens inside and outsidestores.
• Featuring supplier-branded banners onhomepage or category pages.
• Exploring newterritories as retail media is a rapidly growingfield.

OurEdge.os cluster, part of the Customer Tech Platform, is responsiblefor a flexible, cost-efficient, high-end retail media suite withextensive functionality and a growing number of brand users. Wehave a scale-up vibe with 5 teams and counting. A mature agileapproach (no frameworks) helps you excel and showcase yourskills.

Together with your team ofyou will work on inspiring projects to accelerate our transitioninto a hybrid Food & Tech company. We want to leverage data andtechnology to future-proof food shopping and give our customers theaccessibility to healthy food more easily available for everyone.At Albert Heijn, you team up with inspiring peers in the data,digital and tech domains. A community of diverse individuals whoshare a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online)shopping simpler and more inspiring. Are you ready to reinvent theway millions of people buy and enjoy their food? We invest heavilyin data, digital and tech. And that includes investing in yourcareer! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well asin the office. We are located right next to the train station ofZaandam.

We think it’s important to be partof an high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself andfeel safe, accepted and appreciated. For this job we are preferablylooking for someone who brings diversity in our team, in the widestpossible sense. Someone isa great addition to our team bybringing other ideas to the table. Don’t check all the boxes? Don’tworry, we probably don’t either.

Whatwe offer.

At Albert Heijn we aimto grow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As wework together to build our brand and your career, you can count on(based on 40 hours per week):

• Anannual salary up to 105K including holiday allowance and a flexiblebonus. Depending on your level of seniority andexperience;
• A minimum of 20 days paidvacation, optionally 12.5 days extra. Do you want to take thatextra time off, or would you rather convert the extra days intodiscounts or sell them for cash? You’re the endboss!;
• 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 laptopandtelephone.

Therecipe for maximumimpact

• 8+ years ofexperience as a Backend Engineer inKotlin/Java.
• Hands-on experience withKotlin/Java (17+), Microservices Architecture, Spring Framework. Abig plus if you also have experience with Kafka, MongoDB, Postgres,and APIs.
• Experience in an agile softwaredevelopment environment.
• Strong understandingof CI/CD practices in a (MS Azure/AKS) Cloudenvironment.
• Commitment to the team and abilityto challenge the status quo.
• Keen on testing,test automation, and observability.
• Experiencewith retail media and/or SaaS products is a bigplus.
• Good communication skills, fluent inEnglish.
• Located in TheNetherlands.
• Enjoy teamwork, greenfieldsettings, and making things happen.
• Tech-savvy,proactive, and passionate abouttechnology.

We’reAlbert Heijn, food retail reinventors.

Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135years, 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.

Togetherwe make eating better the easy choice. Foreveryone

The world around us haschanged, and significantly atthat. These changes have impact onthe lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore,also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a new world with newopportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eatfresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings ustogether, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to theworld. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easychoice. Foreveryone.

Albert Heijnthe Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose,through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, andsustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that abusiness is meeting high standards of verified performance,accountability andtransparency.

Readyto contribute to our mission?

Do you wantto play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as weknow it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. We’rehappy to tell you everything about this vacancy! An assessment ispart of our selectionprocess.

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Watwe vragen?

• Truetech-savvy
• The ability toconnect
• Collaborativeskills