Chick-fil-A
Sr. Team Leader and Java Software Engineer
Chick-fil-A, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Overview
Chick-fil-A is looking for aSr Team Leader and Java Software Engineerthat will provide both people leadership and hands on technical expertise as a Lead Java (Backend) Software Engineer for the Chick-fil-A’s Menu DNA engineering team.
This team is responsible for enterprise Menu and Pricing systems that power our Digital Commerce ecosystem which includes the Chick-fil-A Mobile application, Chick-fil-A.com digital experiences, digital menu boards, and the point of sale devices in all of our restaurants. The team delivers the foundation and provides functionality to menu and pricing data for all our commerce channels. This includes delivering the APIs used by the different customer channels by providing administrative interfaces for our restaurant team members and corporate staff to manage the menu and pricing data.
You’ll serve as a team leader, problem solver, mentor, and expert software engineer. We need you to apply the technical experience you have gained in software development to the design, development, and delivery of highly engineered, complex technical products, serving to both oversee your team and contribute as a member. You will also have responsibility for HR management of staff software engineers on your team.
Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical leader for a software engineering team composed of both staff and contract engineers.
Own solution architecture decisions for the products your team builds.
Lead delivery and operations of the team’s product, including both individual contribution as well as support to your team’s engineers.
Contribute about 50% of your time to engineering work (coding, design, etc)
Lead, mentor, and assess other staff engineers, exemplifying and teaching best practices, helping to solve knotty problems, reviewing code, and sharing stories
Facilitate and oversee professional consulting agreements needed to scale with the teams development and support needs
Guide engineering team in adoption of Chick-fil-A software engineering standards
Identify & propose emerging software engineering technologies, methodologies and/or approaches
Note - Working in a DevOps model, this opportunity includes both building and running solutions that could require off hours support. This support is shared among the team members to cover weekends and weeknights. The goal is to design for failure and, using cloud-native infrastructure patterns, automate responses to possible issues so they can be worked during normal hours.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in backend programming using Java
Experience in the design and architecture of complex software solutions
Ability to achieve results as an individual contributor by staying hands on technically and through a team of software engineers (full-time and contractors)
Ability to influence product teams and engineers to achieve results
Experience mentoring other technical engineers with good interpersonal and team collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of professional experience
Experience with source control systems like Git or Subversion
Experience implementing application security, software design patterns, and the SDLC Proven ability to positively influence the engineering culture and practices in a professional environment
Technical player/coach committed to continuous improvement and excellence in Digital products and services
Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, Scrum discipline, or comparable software development practices
Experience developing and delivering microservices Familiarity using test-driven development frameworks or automated testing tools for mobile development
Understanding of AWS architecture
Demonstrates the ability to value both relationships and results
Ability to navigate through challenging situations, ensuring all parties are treated with honor, dignity, and respect
Experience with the native mobile application delivery
Familiarity with version control systems and code merging/branching; specific experience with git desirable
Experience working with an agile development methodology featuring sprints, points estimation, and daily standups
Experience in design, data collection, and data analysis
Experience with SQL and data modeling
Minimum Years of Experience
5
Travel Requirements
10%
Required Level of Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Level of Education
Bachelor's Degree
Major/Concentration
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
Job FunctionInformation Technology
Position TypeExperienced Professionals
Requisition ID2024-16449
Posting Location : LocationUS-GA-Atlanta
Chick-fil-A is looking for aSr Team Leader and Java Software Engineerthat will provide both people leadership and hands on technical expertise as a Lead Java (Backend) Software Engineer for the Chick-fil-A’s Menu DNA engineering team.
This team is responsible for enterprise Menu and Pricing systems that power our Digital Commerce ecosystem which includes the Chick-fil-A Mobile application, Chick-fil-A.com digital experiences, digital menu boards, and the point of sale devices in all of our restaurants. The team delivers the foundation and provides functionality to menu and pricing data for all our commerce channels. This includes delivering the APIs used by the different customer channels by providing administrative interfaces for our restaurant team members and corporate staff to manage the menu and pricing data.
You’ll serve as a team leader, problem solver, mentor, and expert software engineer. We need you to apply the technical experience you have gained in software development to the design, development, and delivery of highly engineered, complex technical products, serving to both oversee your team and contribute as a member. You will also have responsibility for HR management of staff software engineers on your team.
Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical leader for a software engineering team composed of both staff and contract engineers.
Own solution architecture decisions for the products your team builds.
Lead delivery and operations of the team’s product, including both individual contribution as well as support to your team’s engineers.
Contribute about 50% of your time to engineering work (coding, design, etc)
Lead, mentor, and assess other staff engineers, exemplifying and teaching best practices, helping to solve knotty problems, reviewing code, and sharing stories
Facilitate and oversee professional consulting agreements needed to scale with the teams development and support needs
Guide engineering team in adoption of Chick-fil-A software engineering standards
Identify & propose emerging software engineering technologies, methodologies and/or approaches
Note - Working in a DevOps model, this opportunity includes both building and running solutions that could require off hours support. This support is shared among the team members to cover weekends and weeknights. The goal is to design for failure and, using cloud-native infrastructure patterns, automate responses to possible issues so they can be worked during normal hours.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in backend programming using Java
Experience in the design and architecture of complex software solutions
Ability to achieve results as an individual contributor by staying hands on technically and through a team of software engineers (full-time and contractors)
Ability to influence product teams and engineers to achieve results
Experience mentoring other technical engineers with good interpersonal and team collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of professional experience
Experience with source control systems like Git or Subversion
Experience implementing application security, software design patterns, and the SDLC Proven ability to positively influence the engineering culture and practices in a professional environment
Technical player/coach committed to continuous improvement and excellence in Digital products and services
Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, Scrum discipline, or comparable software development practices
Experience developing and delivering microservices Familiarity using test-driven development frameworks or automated testing tools for mobile development
Understanding of AWS architecture
Demonstrates the ability to value both relationships and results
Ability to navigate through challenging situations, ensuring all parties are treated with honor, dignity, and respect
Experience with the native mobile application delivery
Familiarity with version control systems and code merging/branching; specific experience with git desirable
Experience working with an agile development methodology featuring sprints, points estimation, and daily standups
Experience in design, data collection, and data analysis
Experience with SQL and data modeling
Minimum Years of Experience
5
Travel Requirements
10%
Required Level of Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Level of Education
Bachelor's Degree
Major/Concentration
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
Job FunctionInformation Technology
Position TypeExperienced Professionals
Requisition ID2024-16449
Posting Location : LocationUS-GA-Atlanta