Key Skills

Job Description

# Medior Frontend Developer (React) ## About the Role Join Albert Heijn and help shape the technology behind one of the Netherlands’ most trusted brands. As a Medior Frontend Developer specializing in React, you’ll design, develop, and operate web and mobile frontend applications supporting business-critical store operations across more than 1,200 stores. You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, retail operations, product, and UX, building reliable and maintainable applications at scale. You’ll have end-to-end ownership—from design and implementation through production support, DevOps, and continuous improvement—while collaborating with full-stack engineers and business stakeholders to turn business needs into effective technical solutions. ## Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and operate web and mobile frontend applications using modern engineering practices. - Build and maintain applications using React, NextJS, TypeScript, and monorepo architecture. - Take end-to-end ownership of applications, including design, implementation, production support, DevOps, and continuous improvement. - Build and support production systems where performance, resilience, scalability, and maintainability are important. - Collaborate with product, UX, store operations, and engineering teams to make pragmatic technical decisions. - Apply clean code principles, security best practices, automated testing, and cloud-native development practices. - Work with continuous integration and deployment, test automation, and release engineering. - Translate business requirements into technical solutions and collaborate closely with stakeholders. - Identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to the technical roadmap. - Work iteratively, adapting solutions as requirements and priorities evolve. - Use DevAI tooling in daily development workflows, understanding both its capabilities and limitations. - Participate in peer reviews and contribute to clear architecture and readable, maintainable code. - Address technical debt and favor simple, robust solutions over unnecessary complexity. ## Required Qualifications - 3+ years of experience with key technologies including: - React - NextJS - TypeScript - REST APIs - GitHub Actions - Kubernetes - Azure Cloud - Experience with CI/CD, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, test automation, and release engineering. - Strong software engineering fundamentals, including clean code, security best practices, automated testing, and cloud-native development. - Understanding of the broader software engineering landscape, including APIs, backend services, and cloud platforms. - Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers across the technology stack. - Experience with iterative development and adapting solutions as work progresses. - Excellent English communication skills. - Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and work effectively with stakeholders. - Ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute to technical direction. - Understanding of DevAI capabilities and limitations, with experience applying DevAI in daily work. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Tailwind. - Experience with Playwright. - Experience with Jest or Vitest. - Experience with SCSS. - Experience with Figma. - Experience with state management libraries. ## Skills & Competencies - **Frontend development:** React, NextJS, TypeScript, web and mobile application development. - **API integration:** REST APIs and collaboration with backend services. - **Cloud & DevOps:** Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, cloud-native development, and release engineering. - **Testing:** Automated testing and test automation. - **Software engineering:** Clean code, security best practices, maintainable architecture, peer reviews, and technical debt management. - **Problem-solving:** Creative problem-solving and pragmatic technical decision-making. - **Business-technical translation:** Ability to convert business needs into practical technical solutions. - **Communication:** Excellent English communication and effective stakeholder collaboration. - **Collaboration:** Working effectively with product, UX, store operations, full-stack, and other engineering teams. - **Adaptability:** Comfortable with iterative development and changing requirements. - **Continuous improvement:** Identifying improvements and contributing to the technical roadmap. - **DevAI:** Practical understanding and application of AI-assisted development tools. ## Education & Experience **Education** - No specific education requirement is stated in the source job description. **Experience** - 3+ years of experience with React, NextJS, TypeScript, REST APIs, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, and Azure Cloud. - Experience with CI/CD, test automation, and release engineering. - Experience with iterative development and DevAI-assisted development. ## Work Arrangement & Schedule - **Location:** Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands - **Work arrangement:** Hybrid - **Employment type:** Not specified in the source job description. - **Working hours:** Flexible working hours. - **Schedule flexibility:** Flexible working hours are offered; no specific weekend requirement is stated. ## Compensation & Benefits - **Compensation:** EUR 70–110 - 45 days of paid leave: 25.5 regular vacation days and 19.5 ADV days. - Flexible working hours. - Access to the AH Tech Academy training curriculum. - An excellent pension plan where the employer contributes 4.5 times more than the employee. - Travel allowance or an NS-Business Card for travel to and from Zaandam by train. - Attractive discounts on various insurance policies. - 10% staff discount on groceries at all Albert Heijn stores, up to a maximum of €300 per year. - Free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits. - Company laptop and telephone. ## Compliance / Additional Information Albert Heijn is a major food retailer serving millions of customers, with more than 125,000 colleagues, over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders, and a leading online food retail platform. The role supports Albert Heijn’s store operations technology and contributes to the company’s transition toward a hybrid Food & Tech company.

Core Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate web and mobile frontend applications using React and NextJS to support business-critical store operations. Take end-to-end ownership of the application lifecycle, from design and implementation to DevOps and production support.

Requirements

Requires 3+ years of experience with React, NextJS, TypeScript, and cloud technologies like Azure and Kubernetes. Candidates must have strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Benefits

• 45 days of paid leave
• Flexible working hours
• Access to the AH Tech Academy training curriculum
• Employer-contributed pension plan
• Travel allowance or NS-Business Card
• Insurance policy discounts
• 10% staff discount on groceries
• Free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership
• Company laptop
• Company telephone