Working with and for a smile
Jumbo’s ambition is to be the most loved supermarket in the Netherlands and Belgium. We aim to surprise our customers and exceed expectations so they enjoy shopping with us. With over 700 stores, the option to have groceries delivered via jumbo.com, our own distribution centers, and office colleagues, we work together every day to achieve this ambition. Collaborating to win over the customer is what drives us at Jumbo.

As a Staff Engineer, you are a key player in this story. You help multiple teams within a subdomain move forward with technical leadership, structure, and direction. You see the bigger picture, guide complex system designs, and ensure that technical decisions contribute to sustainable, customer-focused solutions.

Get started! Here is what you'll do
Your role combines deep technical expertise with leadership and vision. You operate at the intersection of technology, collaboration, and organizational development.

As a Staff Engineer, your focus is on creating flow: you pave the way for effective collaboration, scalable systems, and sound decision-making. You do this not just through code or documentation, but especially by working with people.

You:

• Develop and guide engineering strategies that align with business goals.
• Simplify complex architectures and make them understandable and practical for teams.
• Bring people together to make better technical and organizational decisions.
• Facilitate change through interactive sessions and encourage shared ownership.
• Understand what teams can and should handle themselves, and know when to challenge, support, or give them space.
• Apply situational leadership and adjust your style based on the context and team maturity.
• Are comfortable speaking to larger groups and know how to guide structured decision-making.
• Work on cross-team implementations where collaboration is just as important as the technology.

You create a context in which teams can take responsibility while you provide frameworks, direction, and oversight—not by doing everything yourself or constantly offering technical proof, but by guiding the process and building trust.

Together, we are Jumbo: This is where you'll work
You will work in an environment where ownership, craftsmanship, and collaboration are key. Together with the teams and your domain architect, you ensure technical and social alignment within your subdomain. You’ll work directly with an engineering lead who supports your professional development.

At Jumbo, we are looking for go-getters, people with good ideas and the courage to work together on them. We care for each other: our customers, colleagues, and the world around us, and we want to do a little better every day. All our (future) colleagues bring a healthy dose of Jumbo DNA with them, and so do you!

In addition, you have:

• Experience simplifying complex architecture and fostering innovation.
• Deep knowledge of system design and experience with scalable and resilient platforms.
• Strong technical leadership: you empower teams without taking over.
• Skill in facilitating decision-making and creating shared support.
• Familiarity with methods such as Team Topologies, socio-technical thinking, and Domain-Driven Design.
• Experience driving change through workshops, collaboration, and dialogue with multiple stakeholders.
• A pragmatic approach that connects technical direction to broader organizational goals.

At Jumbo, you’ll find a work environment with warmth, enjoyment, and attention for each other. Where you have plenty of room to contribute to our ambition of becoming the most beloved supermarket. Just as you’re there for our customers, we’re there for you. Additionally, you’ll receive:

• A gross salary between €5.700 - €7.300 per month (based on 40 hours).
• An annual bonus of max 10% of your annual salary, based on organizational goals.
• 30 days of paid holiday (with the opportunity to buy or sell days of paid holiday) and 8% holiday allowance.
• You build up a pension through participation in the Pension Fund for the Food Industry.
• An (electric) lease car. We enjoy working together at the office, but you can also work partly from home.
• Room for entrepreneurship, growth and development. Not only in your job but also through our Jumbo Academy, online training through GoodHabitz and with a training budget.
• Daily fresh lunch in our Foodcafé, good coffee and fresh fruit. You can sport daily at our own Jumbo Gym for a small fee.
• Colleague discounts such as 10% off your groceries (up to €325 per year), participation in our collective health insurance or discounts through Benefits at Work.

Would you like to know more about our employment conditions? Click here.

Are you excited to get started at Jumbo?
Apply now! Who knows, we might get to know each other during a first interview soon!