Who we are:

Our story might surprise you. We’re the world’s largest restaurant company—encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill—but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just frying chicken, baking pizzas, and serving up tacos. We put this delicious food in the hands of customers through apps, websites, kiosks, POS, and other digital dining experiences – and we are only getting started. We’re building out a bold team of hackers to help Yum! Brands deliver the next generation of software to 50,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries. That’s a huge responsibility, which is why we’re on a mission to find the most fearless engineers to join our software startup within Yum!

Yum!'s vision for the future is simple: a world with more Yum!: with our iconic brands in more places, and more ways for consumers to access them. The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results. And like all companies who win consistently, our brands, employees, and franchisees will need to continually adjust to stay relevant now and in the future. The software we’re building does just that: it serves people in new ways to make team members more productive and customers happier.

What we need:

We're seeking an open source hacker with strong Node.js and software engineering experience who loves to problem-solve challenging and complex software solutions in the e-commerce space. We are currently building a world-class eCommerce Platform, Point-of-Sale (POS) system and Admin Portal that will optimize our digital ordering channels and technology innovations to create competitive advantages for our restaurants around the globe.

As the Solution Architect of the Implementation team, you will lead the technical architecture, design, gap analysis, development, deployment and onboarding of Yum! brands to the new digital platforms.

What You’ll Do:

· Design and document world-class eCommerce applications using the full spectrum of enterprise technologies and design patterns.

· Collaborate with clients and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical requirements; MUST have excellent written communication and diagramming skills.

· Define the scale and scope of projects, including logical and physical landscape requirements, and design, development, and deployment efforts

· Lead technical integration strategies with partners, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.

· Collect and document competitive intelligence

· Understand the client tools and applications and do a technical gap analysis

· Build Proof of Concepts to validate ideas

· Problem solve with developers and perform hands-on development for high level/complex solutions as necessary

You have:

· A BS or higher in Computer Science or a related engineering field

· 10+ years of experience as a software engineer with multiple technology stacks- front end, back end, dev ops, etc.

· Deep hands-on knowledge of Node.js (extensive Go or Python and JavaScript experience may substitute).

· Ability to architect, develop, integrate and implement software products

· Ability to think critically and solve problems with well thought-out solutions

· Ability to easily switch context across multiple projects

· Ability to conduct or facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to understand business requirements and convert it into high-level technical requirements

· Excellent communication, planning, organization, and influence skills

· Skilled with the object-oriented UML artifacts sequence, class and component diagrams and user stories

· Proven experience leading development and/or project teams

· Experience designing and documenting REST APIs

· Experience with agile methodologies, tools, and CI/CD tools and processes

· Experience designing high-availability applications

· Experience with collaborating across multiple functional/technical teams to deliver a project

· Based in Plano, TX (Dallas Area) or Chicago, IL

· Travel required: 25%, including international travel (during the Covid pandemic, travel will not be required)

We prefer to see:

· Experience with eCommerce applications

· Experience in the QSR industry a definite plus

A few of our perks:

● 4 weeks of vacation PLUS holidays

● 5 sick days

● 2 paid volunteer days

● 401k matching

● Medical, dental, vision

● Life insurance

● Half day Fridays

● Generous parental leave

● A world-famous recognition culture