Senior Software Engineer, Cloud APIs & Integrations

Yum! Brands; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Onsite childcare

Onsite dining center

Onsite gym

Up to 4 weeks vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

401(k) with 6% match

Medical & dental benefits

Discounts and free food

Job summary

Taco Bell, part of Yum! Brands, is seeking a Software Engineer III to design, build, test, and support scalable software within the Customer Middleware platform. You will connect digital ordering, loyalty, identity, messaging, and restaurant experiences as part of a collaborative engineering team.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, cloud-based architectures on AWS, and strong collaboration with product and security teams to ensure reliable, scalable systems in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience in production apps, APIs, distributed services, or integration platforms.
• Experience with a modern server-side language and ecosystem (TypeScript/JavaScript + Node.js), including unit/integration tests and debugging.
• Experience developing and integrating REST or GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and service-to-service integrations.
• Experience building/operating apps on AWS, using services like Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SQS, CloudWatch.
• Familiar with Git, GitLab CI/CD, IaC (CDK or CloudFormation), Jira, Confluence, API specs, and observability platforms.
• Strong collaboration with product, QE, security, and partner teams to deliver high-volume, reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, deploy, and maintain cloud-based APIs, event-driven services, and data workflows.
• Translate product requirements into technical designs, API contracts, and engineering stories.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to identify dependencies, edge cases, and risks.
• Participate in design reviews and uphold standards for reliability, security, and observability.
• Investigate production issues with logs, metrics, and traces; contribute to remediation.
• Drive improvements in the engineering lifecycle through automation and IaC practices.

Skills

TypeScript/Node.js

REST/GraphQL APIs

AWS services

CI/CD (Git/GitLab)

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

AWS CDK/CloudFormation

Jira

Confluence

API specs

S3/DynamoDB

API Gateway

Job description

Taco Bell, part of Yum! Brands, is seeking a Software Engineer III to design, build, test, and support scalable software within the Customer Middleware platform. You will connect digital ordering, loyalty, identity, messaging, and restaurant experiences as part of a collaborative engineering team.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, cloud-based architectures on AWS, and strong collaboration with product and security teams to ensure reliable, scalable systems in a high-volume environment.