Senior Backend Engineer (Kotlin/Microservices/Azure)

Join Albert Heijn as a Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Albert Heijn, you will play a pivotal role in transforming our traditional technology landscape into a modern, cutting-edge environment. You will be part of the Supply Chain Execution cluster, responsible for the physical delivery of goods from distribution centers to stores, ensuring 24/7 uptime on mission-critical environments. Your work will significantly impact the daily lives of our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a Greenfield Microservices Architecture: Develop a microservices architecture using Kotlin/Java for our warehouse or transport team.
• Technical Leadership: Coach and guide engineers in your team, ensuring technical solutions align with our systems and business process architecture.
• Development and Testing: Develop proofs of concept, build code, implement and execute automated testing, and ensure security and code quality.
• Enhance Technical Standards: Further enhance our technical standards and guidelines, sharing your expertise across the AH Retail Technology Platform.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the Product Owner and Product Architect to develop our technology landscape, supported by Business Technology and Solution consultants.

Current Initiatives

• Rebuilding our tech landscape into a modern foundation with Microservices and high-code front-end.
• Integrating and expanding our supply chain capacity and network.
• Optimizing the value chain in our warehouses and transport.
• Cloud (Azure) transformation and migration.

Your Team and Office

You will join the Supply Chain Execution cluster, which includes the Warehouse and Transport teams. The IT landscape involves warehouse management systems, transport delivery, and settlement applications, and physical devices in the distribution centers. We are transitioning from a legacy tech stack (Oracle PL-SQL) to a modern stack (Kotlin). Our teams work in a hybrid model, both from home and at our office located next to the train station in Zaandam.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary: An annual salary up to €95,000, including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus.
• Paid Vacation: A minimum of 20 days paid vacation, with the option for 12.5 extra days.
• Flexible Working Hours: Work flexibly from home or our office.
• Training and Development: Access to a challenging training curriculum through the AH Tech Academy.
• Pension Plan: An excellent pension plan with significant employer contributions.
• Travel and Discounts: Travel allowance or NS-business card, attractive insurance discounts, and a 10% staff discount on groceries.
• Equipment: A company laptop and telephone.

Qualifications

• A Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Technology/IT Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience as a Kotlin Developer in a complex technology environment.
• Broad technical knowledge, including Kotlin/Java, Microservices, Cloud (preferably Azure and OCI), API, and non-functional requirements such as scalability and technical security.
• Knowledge of Oracle PL-SQL and event streaming/messaging platforms (Kafka) is a plus.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent command of English and strong communication skills.
• Already located in The Netherlands.

About Albert Heijn

Albert Heijn has been a leader in food retail for over 135 years, with more than 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders. We are committed to making eating better the easy choice for everyone, focusing on fresher, healthier, and more sustainable food. Join us in our mission to reinvent food retail and make a positive impact on the world.

Ready to Apply?

If you are ready to contribute to our mission and play an active role in changing the food retail landscape, we encourage you to apply. A technical assessment will be part of our selection process.