Kotlin Software Engineer - AH Stores ( microservices architecture )

Are you ready to be a part of something transformative? Join the AH Stores as a Junior Kotlin Developer and embark on a journey to reshape our traditional tech infrastructure into a modern, cutting-edge technology landscape that touches the lives of millions of customers daily!

As a Junior or medior Kotlin Developer, you'll play a supporting role in our ongoing transformation and micro service adventure. If you have a fervor for working with leading tech stacks like Kotlin, Java, Kafka, helping make amazing applications for the Stores landscape, and much more, then this is the ideal place for you

!

This is how you will reinvent food retai

• l.Contribute to building within our modern tech landscape with microservices architecture, Kotlin, Cloud Azure, Kafka integration, MongoDB, and mor
• e.Consume logging, monitoring, automation, integrations, and deployment frameworks from our paved road support by our enablement platfor
• m.Work closely within a product team, participating in agile ceremonies, story refinement, code changes, deployments, and production support activitie
• s.Strive to understand the flow of our core business processes within AH Stores, translating functional requirements into technical solutions. Your ability to communicate your ideas effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders will be invaluabl

e.

As a member of one of our product teams, you will be at the forefront of driving change across the entire Store cluster. Our team is a diverse and inclusive group of individuals, bound together by a shared 'can-do' attitude, a problem-solving approach, by means of Agile methodology. We possess the ability to swiftly validate assumptions without getting bogged down in protracted discussions. Above all, we hold high regard for every team member, respecting their unique perspectives and experti

se.

Your off

ice.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 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 Zaan

dam.

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. So 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 re

sume!

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 69k including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your expe
• rience;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 A
• cademy;An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 more than you as an em
• ployee;A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by
• train;Attractive discounts on various insurance po
• licies;10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 pe
• r year;A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many be
• nefits;A company laptop and tel

ephone.The recipe for maximum

• impact:1+ years of work experience as a Backend Developer in Oracle PL SQL or/and Java/
• Kotlin;Knowledge of Microse
• rvices;Experience with SQL Query writing and performing
• tuning;Oracle Cloud (OCI) or Azure cloud fundam
• entals;Big bonus if you have experience with Kafka and have worked in the retail domain
• before;You enjoy teamwork and making things
• happen;You’re tech savvy, pro-active and have a big passion fo

r tech.

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.

Ready to contribute to ou

r 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 will be part of our selectio

n process.