QA Test Engineer (PL/SQL, Java/Kotlin)

placeZaandam calendar_month 

Join our MarTech Cluster as a Test Engineer (Manual and automation)! In this role, you are responsible for setting up the test strategy for our Customer Messaging team. This team is responsible for all solutions used for customer facing communication by email, in-app messaging, push messaging and the messaging inbox in the Albert Heijn app.

This is how you will strengthen customer messaging:
  • Take the lead in setting up a sustainable test automation strategy (manual and automation).
  • You bring quality awareness to the table and are dedicated to creating an environment where testing is instinctive for our developers, rather than a mere obligation.
  • You know what it takes to increase a higher test coverage and understand the need for test automation.
  • You have experience with exploratory testing and can increase confidence in a solid solution.
  • Take a hands-on approach in implementing QA processes throughout every step of the software development lifecycle.
  • You take (shared) responsibility for the quality of user stories on our backlog and create manual test cases for it.
  • Contribute to the QA chapter within our platform and eager to share experiences and best practices.
  • Collaborate to find the best approach with interdependencies on the product between your team and other teams within MarTech.
Your new team and office.

The team is working on and is responsible for multiple customer messaging channels and solutions, both custom built and vendor licensed. Improving our messaging capabilities, varying from exposing new data, setting up new integrations to implementing new functionalities in our solutions, requires

stable and trustworthy software which needs to be tested End-to-End. Examples include:
  • Supporting business users, exposing new data and developing new functionalities in SAS CI360 marketing automation tooling.
  • Develop and maintain integrations and new functionalities for the messaging inbox in the Albert Heijn app
  • Extend usage and functionalities for our own push notification services, combined with 3rd party vendor tooling (Batch)
  • Your team, Customer Messaging, is responsible for all data and solutions used for 1:1 customer messaging through email, in-app messaging, push messaging and the app inbox.

The team consists of 6 backend developers (Java Kotlin and PL/SQL), 2 app developers (iOS and Android) and a Product Owner.

Together with your team you will work on extending our messaging capabilities, for both marketing and operational messaging. 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 data, digital and tech domains. A community of diversebindividuals who share a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring. Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy their food?

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 of Zaandam.

The recipe for maximum impact

We think it is important to be part of a 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. 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!
  • You raise your voice when necessary and bring your opinion to the table. Assertiveness and a
proactive attitude are a must for this role!
  • Solid and proven experience as a Test Engineer both manual as automation of hardware. You
ensure quality of the product as a whole.
  • You have a good understanding of programming principles, code structure etc. As such you
can participate in tech conversations on the same level as programmers.
  • Have affinity and knowledge of backend systems and with the integrations that come with it.
The team is responsible from end to end, so you need to get the bigger picture.
  • Have good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with
internal and external stakeholders in a complex environment.
  • Strong communication skills in English.
Bonus points for:
  • Relevant experience in Customer Messaging.
  • Experience with backend testing and can automate as much as possible
  • Experience with Appium, Kafka, CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions), API testing
(Postman/RESTAssured/Karate)
  • Experience with SAS products and PL/SQL

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 from 60K to 80K, this includes your holiday allowance and flexible profit sharing. The height of your salary depends on your skillset and will be assessed during the
interview process.
  • 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 6 times more than you as an employee.
  • A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train.
  • 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.
We’re Albert 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 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 an 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.

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 is part of our selection process.

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