Frontend Developer (React.js) - Mechanization
Help shape the technology behind the next generation of warehouse mechanization. As our new Frontend Engineer, you will build and operate applications that enable seamless interaction between warehouse systems, mechanized solutions, and operational teams.
Working at the intersection of software engineering and physical logistics, you will contribute to solutions that drive real-time decision making, improve operational efficiency, and support the flow of goods through both manual and automated warehouse processes.Your work will directly impact how products move, are processed, and delivered at scale.
Build systems that matter at real scale. In this role, you will design and build applications that support business‑critical processes used daily across the organization. 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.
This is how you will reinvent food retail.- You design, develop, and operate web frontend applications using modern engineering practices
- You work with technologies such as React/NextJS and monorepo architecture
- You take ownership of applications end‑to‑end: from design and implementation to production support and continuous improvement, DevOps
- You collaborate closely with product, UX, and other engineering teams to make pragmatic technical decisions
- Engineers have real ownership and autonomy in technical decisions within our architectural guiderails
- With the latest DevAI Tooling we supercharge our development workflow, automate where we can, giving you more time to focus on creative problem-solving.
- Code quality matters: peer reviews, clear architecture, and readable code are part of daily work
- Technical debt is acknowledged and addressed—not ignored
- We value simple, robust solutions over unnecessary complexity
- You’ll work on systems with real users and real impact
- You’ll face non‑trivial engineering challenges around scalability, data flow, and reliability
- You’ll have time and space to improve both the codebase and the way we work
- You’ll grow technically through exposure to complex systems, experienced engineers, and meaningful ownership
Your new team and office.
You work at the heart of the Albert Heijn supply chain, we are responsible for the on-time delivery of our products at 1200+ Albert Heijn stores every day across the Netherlands and Belgium. Our mission is to provide the best shopping experience to our customers, offering high service levels and fresh products at an affordable price, a task you won't take on solo but as a full-fledged member of the Supply Chain Transport engineering team.
Together with your full stack 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 supply chain tech domain. A community of diverse individuals, working together for our logistic and transport business. Are you ready to reinvent the supply chain of the future, enabling millions of people to buy and enjoy their food every day?
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 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. 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 resume.
The recipe for maximum impact.- 5+ years of experience with key technologies: React, NextJS, Typescript, REST API, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes 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.
- Even better experience: tailwind, playwright, jest/vitest, SCSS, Figma and state management libraries
- Solid grasp of best practices: You understand clean code, security, test automation, and cloud concepts.
- Excellent English communication skills.
- Full stack mentality, while you are the expert in React you will be involved in the Kotlin/Java back-end development together with your team back-end experts.
- 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.
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 81k including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your experience;
- 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.
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 might be part of our selection process.