Software Development Internship

• An interesting and versatile internship position at the innovation department of Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall&Gall (TechNL Labs) for 5 months.
• An internship with a lot of responsibility and freedom, where you gain real work experience and are given the space to develop yourself.
• An internship allowance of €500 per four weeks, supplemented with a travel allowance. Even if you travel for free with your student travel product, you will receive this travel allowance.
• A work laptop (MacBook) that you can use during your internship.
• The freedom to work partly from home.
• A personal AH Bonuskaart with employee discount and a Premium subscription with extra benefits during your internship.
• Social drinks and (networking) events with all interns within Albert Heijn.
• An inclusive and informal working environment in which you can develop both personally and professionally.
• A young and understanding team that is ready to help you and thinks along with you.

Do you want to help build the technology and AI solutions for Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall&Gall? Within TechNL Labs, you will work on innovative software and intelligent systems that make grocery shopping even easier, more fun, and faster. You will get the chance to work hands-on with modern technologies and generative AI applications to potentially bring your ideas truly to life.

Your new job and workplace.
As a Software Development Intern at TechNL Labs, you will fully participate in a multidisciplinary innovation team. Together with business developers, concept developers, and UX designers, you will work on designing, building, and testing innovative concepts, ranging from new functionalities in the Albert Heijn environment to prototypes that respond to the latest technological developments.

Making better food accessible. For everyone.
With 125,000 colleagues, spread across more than 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders, nine home shop centers, seven distribution centers, and our head office, Albert Heijn fills more than seven million plates every evening. At Albert Heijn, we believe that food and drink play an essential role in the great challenges in society. It makes an important contribution to a healthy lifestyle, connects people, and contributes to a better climate and thereby a sustainable society. Our mission is therefore: Making better food accessible. For everyone. Albert Heijn Netherlands is B Corp certified. This certification underscores our mission, contributing to a healthy, social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is awarded to companies that meet high standards for social and environmental performance, transparency, and legal accountability.

During your internship, you will work on things including:

• Designing new technical concepts that add value for our customers and internal colleagues.
• Developing software in languages such as Kotlin, Python, and Typescript, and with frameworks such as React/NextJS and Spring Boot.
• Testing innovations according to the build-measure-learn methodology.
• Deploying functionalities within the AH environment.
• Collaborating with stakeholders from marketing, communication, and IT.

We find it important that you can be yourself in an environment that is open to different perspectives, an environment in which we are curious and value each other. For this position, we preferably seek someone who strengthens the diversity in our team, in the broadest sense of the word. Someone who brings a different voice from their own background and personal characteristics and thereby serves as a good addition to our team.

This is what we offer you.

• At Albert Heijn, we work hybrid: that means a combination of 2 days working at our head office in Zaandam and 3 days working from home. As a team, we are already used to this and have found good solutions to have a great internship partly remotely.
• The internship starts from February 2027 for a period of 5 months.
• The internship is a working internship and therefore cannot be combined with a graduation internship.
• You work 40 hours per week, with room within your working week for your school assignments.

This is what you bring.
With our 125,000 colleagues, we fill more than seven million plates every evening. Perhaps soon together with you as our new Software Development Intern! We are looking for someone who:

Additionally, you are:

• Is someone who works in a structured manner, learns quickly, and is sharp on quality.
• Is a true problem solver; you think in opportunities, test new ideas, and ensure that solutions actually work.
• Is eager to learn enough to embrace new technologies and work independently, but is also able to collaborate effectively within the team.