Senior Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java, Spring,Kafka)

Jobid: 640545347113782628 (0.0508)

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 Ahold
brands in Europe with a comprehensive retail media suite. Get to
work in a high traffic environment on a SaaS solution that will be
utilized by approximately 15 different brands across
Europe.

 

This
is how you will reinvent food
retail.

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

 

Your
new team and office.

In the Edge.os
cluster, we are developing and implementing a retail media SaaS
solution for all Ahold Delhaize brands in Europe. Retail media
involves selling advertisement space on our digital touchpoints or
in-store. Examples include:

  • Promoting
    brands like Tony Chocolonely when customers search for chocolate on
    our website or app.
  • Displaying advertisements
    on big screens inside and outside
    stores.
  • Featuring supplier-branded banners on
    homepage or category pages.
  • Exploring new
    territories as retail media is a rapidly growing
    field.

 

Our
Edge.os cluster, part of the Customer Tech Platform, is responsible
for a flexible, cost-efficient, high-end retail media suite with
extensive functionality and a growing number of brand users. We
have a scale-up vibe with 5 teams and counting. A mature agile
approach (no frameworks) helps you excel and showcase your
skills.

Together with your team of
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. 

We think it’s important to be part
of an 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. Don’t check all the boxes? Don’t
worry, we probably don’t either 😉. Don’t hesitate to apply if you
think you are up for the challenge, we’re happy to have a look at
your
resume!

 

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 105K including holiday allowance and a flexible
    bonus. Depending on your level of seniority and
    experience;  
  • A minimum of 20 days paid
    vacation, optionally 12.5 days extra. 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 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.

 

The
recipe for maximum
impact

  • 8+ years of
    experience as a Backend Engineer in
    Kotlin/Java.
  • Hands-on experience with
    Kotlin/Java (17+), Microservices Architecture, Spring Framework. A
    big plus if you also have experience with Kafka, MongoDB, Postgres,
    and APIs.
  • Experience in an agile software
    development environment.
  • Strong understanding
    of CI/CD practices in a (MS Azure/AKS) Cloud
    environment.
  • Commitment to the team and ability
    to challenge the status quo.
  • Keen on testing,
    test automation, and observability.
  • Experience
    with retail media and/or SaaS products is a big
    plus.
  • Good communication skills, fluent in
    English.
  • Located in The
    Netherlands.
  • Enjoy teamwork, greenfield
    settings, and making things happen.
  • Tech-savvy,
    proactive, and passionate about
    technology.

 

We’re
Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors. 🚀
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.

 

Ready
to contribute to our mission?

Do you want
to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we
know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. Would you
like to learn more first, before you apply to Albert Heijn? We’re
happy to tell you everything about this vacancy! An assessment is
part of our selection
process.

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Wat
we vragen?

  • True
    tech-savvy
  • The ability to
    connect
  • Collaborative
    skills

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