Back End Engineer (Kotlin, DevOps, Kafka)

Help shape the technology driving one of the Netherlands' most trusted brands. As our new Backend Engineer (Kotlin/Java, Kafka, DevOps), you'll build and run applications that keep our IAM landscape efficient, compliant, and future-ready. Working at the intersection of engineering, sustainability, and business, you'll have the chance engineer while ensuring innovation, reliability, and impact at scale.

• You get to work with modern technologies, and new-build solutions
• 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 that contributes and removes obstacles

This is how you will reinvent food retail

• Build microservices in Kotlin for our NL IAM team

• Design and deliver technical solutions that align with our architecture and business processes.

• Hands-on development: create proofs of concept, write clean code, implement automated testing, ensure security and code quality, and set best practices.

Your new team and office As a Backend Engineer, you will join the NL IAM team. The team is responsible of managing IAM applications and services for our NL colleagues. Our mission is to make IAM efficient, self-service, secure and scalable.

You will be supported by a team, allowing you to focus on building code. You will start with the development of mature systems with continuous change demand. We are taking future-changing steps to innovate our architecture and become more responsive toward market changes and opportunities.

Considering the vast scale we operate at, even the most minor improvements make an enormous impact, and you will be at the epicenter working on solutions that will take our IAM landscape to the next level. Our team works in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train station of Zaandam.

We think it's important to be part of a high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe, accepted and appreciated. For this job we are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity in our team, in the widest possible sense. Someone who is a great addition to our team by bringing other ideas to the table., * 2-5 years of work experience as Backend Engineer

• Experience with Java / Kotlin, Spring framework / Spring Boot and Postgres
• Bonus if you are also familiar with Cloud (Azure) and Kafka
• Extra bonus if you are also familiar with IAM / Security
• An outstanding command of English
• Good communication skills and a willingness to learn from senior developers
• Residing in the Netherlands

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 €71k including holiday allowance. Depending on your experience
• You contribute to our growth and therefore receive a guaranteed profit sharing bonus
• 45 days of paid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25,5 regular vacation days and 19,5 ADV days. Enjoy!
• Flexible working hours
• Access to a challenging training curriculum - AH Tech Academy
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 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.