Medior Backend Engineer (Kotlin, Kafka, Microservices)

Would you like to work on a newly designed and built Workforce Management (WFM) solution with a modern tech stack, which will soon be used by thousands and thousands of employees of Albert Heijn? As a Medior Backend Developer, you can make a direct impact on a priority project in a fast-developing environment.

• You get to work with modern technologies, and since this is a new-build solution we have zero legacy
• Everything we build is scalable, using Azure and Microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and Kafka. We work in small increments so we're able to put things live straight away, hence reduce our time to market
• We work in a multi-disciplinarian team with back-end developers and UKG configuration experts

This is how you will reinvent food retail

More specifically, as Medior Backend Developer you:

• Develop a feature-rich product for our employees, guided by a senior developer

• Understand how to technically scale the services concerning our WFM solution

• Understand how to combine best agile development practices in combination with a services-based architecture

• Are knowledgeable of your domain (Kotlin back-end services on our Azure Kubernetes platform), though you can also liaise with other engineers and their respective technologies (Front and Back End)

• Although your focus is developing integrations between our back-end services and our UKG SaaS solution, you would like to learn about UKG and WFM as well

We are seeking a Medior Backend Developer to support and enhance the integration between our organization's core back-end systems and the UKG WFM SaaS solution.

This integration will support a growing Workforce Management (WFM) solution for 800+ stores across the country and will later extend to cover our supply chain operations and ecommerce delivery workforce.

As a passionate Engineer, you will collaborte on the realization of new features. You helpt the team in keeping up the high security and coding standards of the platform and develop new features using the latest technology.

You participate in standups and refinements, develop code, enforce code quality, develop best practices, write tests and manage the continuous integration of code.

Your new team and office

Together with your team you will work on inspiring projects to accelerate our transition into a hybrid Food & Tech company. We want to leverage data and technology to future-proof food shopping and give our customers the accessibility 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 who share a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring. Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy their food? We invest heavily in data, digital and tech. And that includes investing in your career! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train station of Zaandam.

• Sterke tech skills
• Goede analytische skills
• Een klantgerichte instelling, * A Technology/IT Engineering bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent work experience
• You know your technology stack: you have experience with Kotlin and some experience with MongoDB, Azure, Docker, k8s and / or Kafka
• Know your way around with CI/CD, including test automation integrations and release engineering automation (fyi, we use Azure DevOps and Github Actions)
• Effective communication in English

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

• An annual salary up to 80K including holiday allowance and a flexible profit sharing. Depending on your level of seniority and experience
• A minimum of 25,5 days paid vacation, and a personal budget for an optional extra 19,5 days off. Do you want to take that extra time off, or would you rather convert the extra days into discounts or sell them for cash? You're the end boss!
• Flexible working hours
• Access to a challenging training curriculum - AH TOP Academy
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 6,5 times more than you as an employee
• A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train
• Attractive discounts on various insurance policies
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 per year
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits
• A company laptop and telephone

Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135 years, to be exact. So for millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn't achieve this with a complacent, 'hey, if it works today, it'll work tomorrow' approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading online food retail platform? Check, we build, run and love it. Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. These changes have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We're moving towards a new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone. Albert Heijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.