Senior Software Engineer, Cloud APIs & Integrations (Hybrid)

YUM; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite childcare through BrightHorizns

Onsite dining center and game room

Onsite dry cleaning, laundry, carwash

Onsite gym with classes

Job summary

Taco Bell is hiring a Software Engineer III to join their Customer Middleware platform. The role focuses on building cloud-based APIs and event-driven services, aligning product needs with technical design, and maintaining reliable, scalable software within a distributed environment.

You will work with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, AppSync, S3, and DynamoDB, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-availability solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in production apps, APIs, or integration platforms.
• Experience with REST or GraphQL APIs, asynchronous events, queues, and service-to-service integration.
• Experience building or operating applications on AWS with Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, deploy, and maintain cloud-based APIs and event-driven services.
• Translate product requirements into technical designs and API contracts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify dependencies, edge cases, and risks.
• Participate in design reviews and uphold engineering standards for reliability, security, and observability.
• Support production issues and drive improvements across CI/CD and IaC.

Skills

REST APIs

GraphQL APIs

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

AppSync

S3

DynamoDB

EventBridge

SQS

CloudWatch

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Jira

Confluence

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

Taco Bell is hiring a Software Engineer III to join their Customer Middleware platform. The role focuses on building cloud-based APIs and event-driven services, aligning product needs with technical design, and maintaining reliable, scalable software within a distributed environment.

You will work with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, AppSync, S3, and DynamoDB, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-availability solutions.