Lead Software Engineer, Supply Chain Engineering

Chick-fil-A, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Chick-fil-A, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Supply Chain Engineering team within the Operator Technology Solutions group. This role is part of the Digital Transformation and Technology (DTT) department and will work within an Agile team environment. The primary focus is on leading the development and strategy for systems that enable restaurant operators to replenish inventory effortlessly and allow supply chain leads to make informed decisions regarding network design and fulfillment. These systems are critical to the business. The role involves defining feasibility, building user interfaces, and developing scalable APIs for key functions like replenishment, network design, and synchronized planning & fulfillment. The engineer will also focus on creating reusable tools and frameworks to enhance developer productivity while maintaining high standards of scalability, performance, and reliability. This position plays a crucial role in shaping the future of Chick-fil-A's supply chain inventory systems by driving innovation and operational excellence.

Requirements

Experience designing complex software solutions
Experience mentoring and leading a team, including good interpersonal and team collaboration skills
Broad and deep programming experience in Java, Golang, React, Angular, JavaScript, Next.js, or other comparable languages
Experience with frontend deployment platforms such as Vercel
Experience with SQL and data modeling
Experience with source control systems like Git or Subversion
Experience implementing application security and software design patterns within the SDLC
Proven ability to positively influence the engineering culture and practices in a professional environment
3 years of required experience

Nice To Haves

Experience working within supply chain software engineering, building and deploying inventory tracking and fulfillment software.
Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, Scrum discipline, or comparable software development practices
Experience developing and delivering microservices
Familiarity using test-driven development frameworks or automated testing tools for mobile development
Deep understanding of AWS architecture
Experience with the native mobile application delivery
Familiarity with version control systems and code merging/branching; specific experience with git desirable
Experience working within an agile development methodology featuring sprints, points estimation, and daily standups
Experience in design, data collection, and data analysis
5 years of preferred experience

Responsibilities

Own the solution architecture decisions for your team’s product.
Lead delivery and operations of the team’s product, including both individual contribution and support as well as delegated tasks and support to your team’s engineers.
Lead, mentor, and assess other staff engineers, exemplifying and teaching best practices, helping to solve knotty problems, reviewing code, and sharing stories.
Interview, select, onboard, and oversee contract engineers.
Guide engineering team in adoption of Chick-fil-A software engineering standards.
Identify and propose emerging software engineering technologies, methodologies and/or approaches.
Delegate engineering assignments & assess engineering performance.
Help provide support for the portfolio of solutions the team owns.
Understand specific business processes and requirements and translate them to software functional requirements.
Build and run solutions in a DevOps model, which may require off-hours support shared amongst team members for weekends and weeknights. Design for failure and automate responses using cloud-native infrastructure patterns.