Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yum! Brands is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer II (Technical Lead) for Byte Edge to own the technical direction and hands-on implementation of their edge computing platform. The role involves leading the architecture and implementation of edge services, ensuring reliable and efficient operations for thousands of restaurant locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of edge services in Go, including the cloud-to-edge synchronization bridge and authentication gateway
• Design and optimize messaging patterns for high-throughput, low-latency event streaming across unreliable networks
• Own the technical strategy for offline-first architecture, ensuring durability and eventual consistency during extended network outages
• Build and maintain Kubernetes deployments via Helm charts for edge clusters managed through Spectro Cloud Palette
• Optimize services for memory, CPU, and disk constrained environments typical of in-store hardware
• Collaborate with cloud platform teams to design seamless cloud-to-edge data flows using MQTT-based bridging
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and mentorship of engineers
• Partner with Product and DevOps to plan phased rollouts and gradual migrations from legacy systems

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience operating production distributed systems
• Experience acting as a technical lead, owning system design and guiding engineering decisions
• Technical proficiency in Go (1.21+) for high-performance, low-memory service
• Distributed messaging systems such as NATS JetStream, Kafka, or similar
• Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
• Authentication and authorization using OAuth2 and JWT
• Strong experience with event-driven and streaming architectures
• CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions
• Docker and containerized service development
• Designing systems for resource-constrained or embedded environments
• Experience with MQTT and cloud-to-edge messaging bridges
• Experience with edge Kubernetes management platforms such as Spectro Cloud Palette
• Knowledge of high-availability patterns including multi-node clustering and fast failover
• Background in restaurant technology, point-of-sale systems, or retail operations
• Experience with GraphQL federation or domain graph services

Benefits

• Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
• Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
• Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

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