Lead Golang Engineer

KFC Europe

About The Position

Our story might surprise you. We’re the world’s largest restaurant company—encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell—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 49,000 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. Our dynamic eCommerce Platform team is expanding as we optimize our digital ordering channels and technology innovations to drive competitive advantages for our restaurants around the globe. We are seeking a Lead Golang Engineer to lead our checkout team as we add new features and improve our checkout experience.

Requirements

Proficiency with Golang and Node.js
Minimum 5 years of experience building scalable interactive web applications
Familiarity with consuming or creating Graphql web services
Background with unit testing and/or Test-Driven Development (TDD)
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
Team player with a collaborative attitude

Nice To Haves

Web servers (Gin, express, etc.)
Testing libraries (testify, mocha, etc.)
DevOps technologies (harness, docker, AWS, Jenkins, apigee)
Microservice architecture
Internationalization (i18n)
Agile methodologies
CICD pipelines
Git
SQL
Ecommerce

Responsibilities

Develop Golang based GraphQL web services and Nodejs Typescript workflow services as part of our scalable interactive ecommerce platform
Work with in-memory and external caching solutions to improve platform performance
Write comprehensive unit tests
Architect, design, optimize, and refactor code for peak performance
Mentor junior engineers in engineering best practices
Contribute to requirement elicitation and grooming of new functionalities
Collaborate cross-functionally to design features impacting multiple microservices

Benefits

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
Salary Range: $145,200 to $181,900 annually + bonus eligibility
Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.