Java/Kotlin Engineer

We’re AD/01, the tech studio that builds the future of food retail. Whether it’s in-store aisles, online baskets, or behind-the-scenes operations, we innovate the daily food experiences for farmers and families, grandmas and greengrocers, and pickers and packers alike.

We’re part of the Ahold Delhaize network, one of the world’s largest global food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. With 19 strong local brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we create a meaningful difference for our customers, our people, and the world around us. And we’re looking for the freshest minds excited to create the recipe for change.

Your new role and environment.

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 inbound and transport efficient, compliant, and future-ready. Working at the intersection of engineering, sustainability, and business, you’ll have the chance to influence the daily inbound logistics of millions of products while ensuring innovation, reliability, and impact at scale. 

Build systems that matter at real scale. In this role, you will design and build backend services that support business‑critical processes used daily across the organization in logistics. Your work directly impacts system reliability, developer productivity, and the ability of teams to deliver features faster and more safely. You will work on production systems at scale, where performance, resilience, and maintainability are first‑class concerns - not afterthoughts.

Key responsibilities of your role.

• Design, develop, and operate backend services using modern engineering practices


• Work with technologies such as Kotlin, event‑driven architectures with Kafka


• Take ownership of services end‑to‑end: from design and implementation to production support and continuous improvement, DevOps


• Collaborate closely with product, platform, and other engineering teams to make pragmatic technical decisions

What’s in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We’re looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office. We provide competitive benefits to support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

• Experience with Kotlin, if not Java development willing to switch to Kotlin.


• 5+ years of experience with key technologies: Spring Boot, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Postgres, Kafka, and Azure Cloud.


• CI/CD expertise: Confident working with continuous integration and deployment, including test automation and release engineering.


• Embraced DevAI: You understand their capabilities and limitations and have applied these in your daily work.


• Solid grasp of best practices: You understand clean code, security, test automation, and cloud concepts.


• Excellent English communication skills.


• Experience with iterative development: Comfortable working in cycles and adapting as you go.


• Business-technical translation: Able to turn business needs into technical solutions and work closely with stakeholders.


• Continuous improvement: You spot opportunities for improvement and help shape the technical roadmap.

Apply now

If you’re excited to help us grow, then please apply now. If you feel like you might not tick all the boxes but have the skills and personality we’re looking for, then please also apply now!

 Got questions? Don’t be shy. Madalina Pungaru at [email protected], has answers.

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