Backend Developer (Kotlin/Java, Kafka, Cloud) - Up To €80.000 A Year

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 supply chain efficient, compliant, and future-ready. Working at the intersection of engineering, sustainability, and business, you’ll have the chance to influence how millions of products move through our network 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 and scale microservices in Kotlin for our Transport Planning team, powering smarter supply chain operations.
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.
Contribute to standards: shape and evolve our technical guidelines for long‑term scalability.
Collaborate and share: bring your expertise to cross‑team initiatives within the AH Stores and Supply Chain Technology Platform.
Enable growth: improve team skills and processes to deliver business value faster and more effectively.
As a Backend Engineer in AH Transport Planning, you work at the heart of the Albert Heijn supply chain. The AH Transport Planning product is responsible of planning and managing more than 3000 daily trips for Albert Heijn stores and warehouses. Our mission is to provide the best shopping experience to our customers, offering high service levels and fresh products at an affordable price
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 supply chain to the next level.
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;