Company Description

McDonald’s new growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omnichannel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts, we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital, and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in, or takeaway.

Leading this tech revolution is McDonald’s Global Technology organization made up of intrapreneurs who get to build really cool tech with scary smart people using the latest innovations like AI, IoT, and edge computing. We do this by working along diverse, global teams who are always hungry for a challenge. It’s bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.

As we have matured as an engineering organization and seen the demands for technology grow exponentially, we’re gearing up to deliver on the next set of opportunities for the business. We are building up an engineering team in-house accountable for our strategic products. We’ll have diverse squads made up of engineers with traditional and specialized skill sets, both from internal engineers coupled with our partners, to help us flex with demand and solve technology innovation challenges done at an incredible scale.

Check out the Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology is directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.

Job Description

McDonald’s, one of the most recognized brands in the world, is seeking a skilled Software Engineer III to own the transformation and ongoing evolution of our core Point of Sale (POS) and Restaurant Technology systems.

A big area of increase in our spending has been in technology, which is helping to drive our growth. We’re looking at how to use technology to improve the customer experience and build new customer experiences. We’re also exploring technologies that can help us reduce or eliminate repetitive tasks and make employees’ jobs more interesting and rewarding. With all the new projects and initiatives, it is an exciting time to be on the team that is helping to make a Better McDonald's!

In this strategy and transformation focused role, you will partner with our Product Management, Technical Management, and 3rd party Engineering vendors to define, coordinate, and implement the execution of the forward-looking vision of McDonald’s POS and Restaurant Technologies and the high-value transformation initiatives that will fuel our journey.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to all aspects of the agile development life cycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations.
• As a software engineer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the definition, vision, design, road map and development of product features from beginning to end.
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, adaptability, cost, and security.
• Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all teams’ work.
• Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most meaningful priorities.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent years of experience.
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Extensive programming experience with C or C++, C#, and .NET technologies.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 1+ years of demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment to ensure a high standard of quality, operational excellence, and using best practices.
• Solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm analysis).
• Contribute to all aspects of the agile development life cycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations, and take a feature from scoping to delivery.
• Solution-oriented attitude and ability to solve tough problems in a collaborative, cross-functional, and fast-paced environment.
• Uncompromising attention to detail and drive to continuously improve the product and provide a great customer experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience successfully developing and evolving core products with a monolithic architecture.
• Experience with Javascript, HTML, and UI development frameworks.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience with microservices and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent years of experience.
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Extensive programming experience with C or C++, C#, and .NET technologies.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 1+ years of demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment to ensure a high standard of quality, operational excellence, and using best practices.
• Solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm analysis).
• Contribute to all aspects of the agile development life cycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations, and take a feature from scoping to delivery.
• Solution-oriented attitude and ability to solve tough problems in a collaborative, cross-functional, and fast-paced environment.
• Uncompromising attention to detail and drive to continuously improve the product and provide a great customer experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience successfully developing and evolving core products with a monolithic architecture.
• Experience with Javascript, HTML, and UI development frameworks.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience with microservices and cloud technologies.

Additional Information

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