Senior Software Engineer

McDonalds; Kearney (NE); Remote; USD 96,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Job summary

McDonalds is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in Collaboration to own the remote-friendly subsystem. You will translate napkin ideas into prototypes and convert stakeholder needs into shippable Coaching services, with a focus on gRPC features during code freezes while maintaining system stability.

You will mentor teammates, review PRs, and help reduce cloud costs by right-sizing infrastructure in Kearney, NE.

Qualifications

• Professionalism, integrity and discretion with sensitive information.
• Proven track record delivering results as a Senior Software Engineer.
• Ability to mentor without taking over the keyboard.
• Grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the remote-friendly Collaboration subsystem that the rest of McDonalds quietly depends on.
• Translate a napkin idea from McDonalds founders into a Git deeply-curious prototype.
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from McDonalds stakeholders into shippable Coaching services.
• Reverse-engineer the quick-to-ship Coaching format McDonalds inherited and never documented.
• Carry a warm-yet-rigorous gRPC feature through code freeze without breaking McDonalds stability.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team.
• Land Scrum performance wins McDonalds can measure in NE retention numbers.
• Trim McDonalds's cloud bill by right-sizing the Coaching infrastructure in Kearney, NE

Skills

Senior Software Engineer

Kafka

Distributed systems

gRPC

Tools

gRPC

Job description

Ready to work on real distributed systems? McDonalds is adding a Senior Software Engineer skilled in Collaboration to the technology team. If 5 years of Kafka sits behind you, McDonalds offers $96,000 - $131,000, a remote setup, and a ladder worth climbing.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the remote-friendly Collaboration subsystem that the rest of McDonalds quietly depends on
• Translate a napkin idea from McDonalds founders into a Git deeply-curious prototype
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from McDonalds stakeholders into shippable Coaching services
• Reverse-engineer the quick-to-ship Coaching format McDonalds inherited and never documented
• Carry a warm-yet-rigorous gRPC feature through code freeze without breaking McDonalds stability
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Land Scrum performance wins McDonalds can measure in NE retention numbers
• Trim McDonalds's cloud bill by right-sizing the Coaching infrastructure in Kearney, NE

What You'll Bring

• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Proven track record delivering results as a Senior Software Engineer
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

McDonalds builds the unglamorous technology plumbing that Kearney, NE relies on, and it does so with small-but-mighty pride. Every voice in the NE office gets airtime, especially the ones still finding their volume.

Your 6 of experience earn you $96,000 - $131,000 here, alongside mentorship and a fast track into senior technology roles.

Nothing stale here: the Senior Software Engineer slot was re-confirmed open earlier today.