Sr Software Engineer

McDonald's Restaurants Limited; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.400.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

McDonald’s Global Mexico City Office is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, a senior technical individual contributor responsible for driving technical excellence across squads while remaining hands-on.

Responsibilities include architecture direction, code reviews, engineering standards, documentation, debt remediation, cross-squad initiatives, and mentoring of SDE3s, with collaboration to influence engineering decisions at the director level.

Formación

• 6+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with C# and .NET application development.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java-based enterprise applications and frameworks.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating solutions in AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proven experience with microservices architectures, APIs, containerization, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and influencing architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as McDonald’s SME in specific technical domains.

Responsabilidades

• Architectural direction across squads and technical decision ownership.
• Conduct PR reviews and ensure code quality across teams.
• Define and enforce coding, testing, and review standards.
• Review and author engineering design documents for cross-squad initiatives.
• Identify technical debt and advocate remediation priorities.
• Lead cross-squad initiatives and architecture reviews.
• Mentor SDE3s progressing toward Lead Engineer roles.
• Support Engineering Managers with technical decisions.

Conocimientos

C# / .NET

Java

AWS / GCP

Microservices

APIs & Containers

Leadership & Mentoring

Communication & Documentation

Descripción del empleo

McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel 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.

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.

Our Global Mexico City Office will be a hub for technology innovation and operational support to help us build the solutions that will improve our customer, crew and employee experience each and every day.

Department Overview

The Senior Software Engineer role represents the senior technical individual contributor path within the engineering organization. Senior Software Engineers are McDonald’s subject matter experts (SMEs) in various technical domains, responsible for driving technical excellence across multiple squads while remaining hands-on practitioners.

Duties

• Architecture and Design: Own technical direction and architectural decisions across assigned squads
• Code Quality: Conduct PR reviews for complex changes, especially cross-squad initiatives
• Engineering Standards: Define and enforce coding, testing, and review standards through the PEX program
• Technical Documentation: Review and author engineering design documents, particularly for cross-squad initiatives
• Technical Debt: Identify systemic technical debt and advocate for remediation priorities
• Technical Consistency: Ensure consistency in technical approaches across multiple squads
• Cross-Squad Initiatives: Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams
• JIRA Epic Refinement: Support complex epic breakdown and technical scoping
• Architectural Reviews: Participate in and lead architecture review sessions
• Standards Adoption: Drive adoption of engineering standards defined through PEX program
• SDE3 Mentorship: Provide direct mentorship to SDE3s progressing toward Lead Engineer roles
• Technical Guidance: Support Engineering Managers with technical decisions
• Career Development: Help identify and develop future technical leaders
• Code Reviews: Conduct educational code reviews that build team capability

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with C# and .NET application development.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java-based enterprise applications and frameworks.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating solutions in AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proven experience with microservices architectures, APIs, containerization, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and influencing architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as McDonald’s SME in specific technical domains
• Knowledge Capture: Extract and document knowledge from contractor teams
• Technical Liaison: Bridge product intent with detailed execution between directors and product management
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical guides and domain-specific knowledge resources

Additional information

At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...

People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice, or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.