Senior Software Engineering Lead - Hands-on, Cloud & React

The TDL Group Corp./ Groupe TDL Corporation; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) seeks a hands-on Sr. Manager, Software Engineering to lead design, architecture, and delivery of scalable digital solutions for Firehouse Subs and RBI platforms.

The role combines hands-on coding (50-70%), architecture direction, and mentoring engineers to raise the team's capabilities. You will partner with Product, Design, Data, and Brand leadership to deliver guest‑facing and franchisee‑facing experiences that drive satisfaction and sales while

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leading complex technical initiatives.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Experience with GraphQL (Apollo Federation preferred).
• Cloud expertise, preferably AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Experience designing and operating distributed, high-traffic systems.
• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational database systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and automation pipelines.
• Familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch).
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies (TDD/BDD).
• Proven mentorship and leadership capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in QSR, retail, or consumer-facing digital businesses preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver robust technical solutions for guest-facing and franchisee-facing digital features.
• Lead architecture and system design decisions, creating clear ADRs.
• Contribute meaningful production code across React, Node.js, and TypeScript-based systems.
• Improve performance and scalability of services handling high transaction volumes.
• Raise the bar on engineering processes, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and developer experience.
• Elevate code quality through design reviews, mentorship, and best practices.
• Lead development of new features from concept through deployment, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
• Implement strong observability and incident triage using Datadog or similar.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive modernization of legacy systems toward cloud-native and distributed architectures.
• Champion testing practices including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Node.js

GraphQL

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

Testing (TDD/BDD)

Mentorship/Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Datadog

New Relic

CloudWatch

CircleCI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) seeks a hands-on Sr. Manager, Software Engineering to lead design, architecture, and delivery of scalable digital solutions for Firehouse Subs and RBI platforms.

The role combines hands-on coding (50-70%), architecture direction, and mentoring engineers to raise the team's capabilities. You will partner with Product, Design, Data, and Brand leadership to deliver guest‑facing and franchisee‑facing experiences that drive satisfaction and sales while