Engineering Manager Cloud (Data Management) – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Wat ga je doen?

Are youready to lead the future of data management engineering at AlbertHeijn? As Engineering Manager for our Data Management domain,you’ll empower the Central Database and Scheduling team to deliversecure, reliable, and scalable services that keep our core dataplatforms running smoothly across Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall& Gall.

This is howyou will reinvent foodretail.

• You lead,coach, and develop the Central Database and Scheduling team,fostering a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, andaccountability.
• You build empowered,autonomous, T-shaped teams and actively remove non-technicaloverhead to keep teams unblocked.
• You ensurehigh-quality delivery of database and scheduling services with astrong focus on resilience, maintainability, and operationalexcellence.
• You embed security by designprinciples across all engineering practices and ensure compliancewith internal and external securitystandards.
• You drive engineering best practicesin automation, monitoring, scheduling reliability, and operationalsupport, ensuring consistent quality across theteam.
• You collaborate closely with stakeholdersto translate business and platform needs into executable,outcome-focused delivery plans.
• You aligntechnical decisions across the team and ensure adherence toarchitectural and security guidelines.
• Youmonitor platform performance, incident trends, delivery metrics,and financial spend to continuously improve team effectiveness,efficiency, and service stability.
• You managecapacity, hiring, and skill development to sustain strong deliverycapabilities over time.
• You work closely witharchitecture, product, and security leaders to evolve the datamanagement landscape and ensure it remains robust andfuture-proof.

Your newteam and office.

As Engineering Manager,you will join the Data Differentiation Platform (DDP) department,responsible for the Cloud, Database Platform, and Middleware &Scheduling services that support Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall &Gall. You will lead two engineering teams (around 30 DevSecOpsEngineers) who develop and operate our database platform—thefoundation for innovation across all ourbrands.

Our platform, built primarily on Azureand OCI, provides secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure,enabling teams to build and run applications efficiently. Wemaintain a strong focus on FinOps practices to ensure costefficiency. Your primary focus is to deliver high-quality, secure,and reliable database and scheduling capabilities, ensuring teamsdeliver predictably and continuously improve.

Themain technologies in scope are Oracle, MS SQL, MongoDB, andControl-M, running in both Azure and Oracle Cloudenvironments.

At Albert Heijn, you’ll work withinspiring peers in data, digital, and tech—a diverse community witha shared goal: making (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring.We invest heavily in technology and your career. Our teams workhybrid: from home and at our office next to Zaandam trainstation.

We value a high-belonging team whereeveryone feels safe, accepted, and appreciated. We especiallywelcome candidates who bring new perspectives and diversity to ourteam. Don’t check all the boxes? Neither do we.

The recipe for maximumimpact.

• Provenexperience leading multiple engineering or platform teams in a datamanagement or infrastructureenvironment.
• Strong understanding of databasetechnologies and schedulingplatforms.
• Excellent communication andstakeholder management abilities.
• Deepknowledge of reliability, operational excellence, automation, andservice continuity.
• Practical experience withsecure operations and data protectionpractices.
• Strong organizational and deliverymanagement skills. You ensure your team delivers consistently andat high quality.
• A people-centered leadershipstyle focused on growth, collaboration, andtrust.

Whatwe offer.

At Albert Heijn we aim togrow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As wework together to build our brand and your career, you can count on(based on 40 hours per week):

• Anannual salary up to 105k including holiday allowance and a flexiblebonus. Depending on your level of seniority andexperience;
• A minimum of 20 days paidvacation, optionally 12.5 days extra. Do you want to take thatextra time off, or would you rather convert the extra days intodiscounts or sell them for cash? You’re the endboss!;
• Flexible workinghours;
• Access to a challenging trainingcurriculum – AH Top Academy;
• An excellentpension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 more than youas an employee;
• A travel allowance or aNS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam bytrain;
• Attractive discounts on variousinsurance policies;
• 10% staff discount ongroceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 peryear;
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premiummembership with many benefits;
• A company laptopand telephone.

We’reAlbert 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 theAlbert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey,if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but bycontinually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in tocustomer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading onlinefood retail platform? Check, we build, run and loveit.

Together we make eating betterthe easy choice. For everyone.

The worldaround us has changed, and significantly at that. These changeshave impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners.And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a newworld with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wantsmore people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainable food.Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributespositively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eatingbetter the easy choice. Foreveryone.

Albert Heijn the Netherlands is BCorp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aimto contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society.B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meetinghigh standards of verified performance, accountability andtransparency.