Vice President, Engineering

3313 Restaurant Brands International US Services LLC; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive paid parental leave

Free telemedicine support

Mental wellness support

Job summary

Restaurant Brands International Inc. seeks a Vice President of Engineering in Miami, FL, to build and operate technology platforms that power data management across leading restaurant brands. The role involves leading multiple engineering teams, focusing on enterprise reporting, and ensuring effective AI enablement.

With 12+ years in software engineering and 10+ years in leadership, candidates should possess strong skills in data governance and cloud-native technologies. The position offers comprehensive benefits, including a parental leave program and wellness support.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 10+ years leading large teams.
• Expertise with Snowflake and AWS.
• Deep understanding of data-governance frameworks.
• Experience with machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams delivering enterprise reporting solutions.
• Oversee engineering of franchisee access platforms.
• Own architecture of the enterprise data platform.
• Lead engineering efforts to enable responsible AI use.
• Drive continuous improvement in production operations.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Data governance

Cloud-native technologies

AI enablement

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Job description

Overview

Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick‑service restaurant companies with nearly $45 billion in annual system‑wide sales and over 32,000 restaurants in more than 120 countries and territories. RBI owns four iconic quick‑service restaurant brands — TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS® — each serving guests, franchisees, and communities for decades.

Position Details

Location: Miami, FL (in‑office). Reports to: Chief Information Officer.

Role Scope and Impact

The Vice President of Engineering is responsible for building and operating technology platforms that power enterprise data, reporting, restaurant data management, franchisee user access, and AI enablement across the organization. The role leads teams that deliver high‑impact, business‑critical solutions such as performance portals, speed‑of‑service applications, franchisee systems, and enterprise data and reporting platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Engineering & Platform Leadership: Lead multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise reporting solutions, operational analytics, and data‑driven applications.
• Franchisee & Enterprise Access Systems: Oversee engineering of franchisee access platforms, identity, authorization, and secure data access; define architecture and strategy; partner with security and compliance; improve usability and self‑service; lead architecture, engineering and operations of restaurant attributes and master data platforms; ensure data accuracy, consistency, and availability across brands and systems.
• Enterprise Data Platform: Own architecture, engineering and operations of the enterprise data platform (Snowflake); ensure reliable ingestion, monitoring, support, and onboarding of new data sources; make data broadly available through APIs, models, and tools and a strong data governance program; establish data observability, quality monitoring, and support processes.
• AI Enablement: Lead engineering efforts to enable responsible, secure use of AI across the enterprise; provide platforms, tools, guardrails; enable natural language analytics and AI‑driven automation; drive AI adoption organization‑wide.
• Operational Excellence: Own production operations, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement; drive best practices across reliability, testing, CI/CD, and security.
• People & Culture: Build, mentor, and retain high‑performing engineering leaders and teams; create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 10+ years leading large teams.
• Deep understanding of data‑governance frameworks (GDPR/DSAR, SOX).
• Strong cloud‑native and security background.
• Expertise with Snowflake and AWS.
• Executive‑level communication and business partnership skills.
• Experience with machine learning and related mathematics.
• Bonafide experience in AI enablement, tooling and solution implementation.
• Experience with vendor management and negotiation.

Benefits

At our global offices, we focus on physical, mental and financial wellness. Benefits include a comprehensive global paid parental leave program, free telemedicine and mental wellness support, among others.

EEO Statement

Restaurant Brands International and all of its affiliated companies (collectively, RBI) are equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employers that do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state, provincial or federal laws, rules, or regulations. RBI's policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.