Principal Software Engineer, Popeyes

Restaurant Brands International•Miami, FL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Popeyes to lead technical design, architecture, and delivery of scalable, high-performance digital solutions. This role will directly impact millions of guest interactions and support franchisee-facing tools and operational systems. The ideal candidate is a highly-collaborative, business-outcome obsessed technical leader who contributes production code daily and can drive business impact. They will push for and deliver innovative digital solutions that enhance guest satisfaction, drive sales growth, and modernize the Popeyes technology ecosystem, working independently or in collaboration with Product, Design, Data, and Brand leadership. RBI follows a 5-day, in-office work schedule in Miami, FL.

Requirements

10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including identifying, scoping and leading complex technical initiatives that drive significant business outcomes.
Proven ability to independently deliver and oversee the delivery of high-quality systems under strict deadlines.
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, CloudWatch).
Strong understanding of testing methodologies (A|B Testing and Experimentation).
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
A passion for mentoring team members and contributing to a collaborative, high-impact team environment.
Demonstrate fluency with AI coding assistants as a daily development tool, candidates should be comfortable discussing how they structure prompts, manage context, use plan/agent modes, and evaluate AI output.

Nice To Haves

Experience in QSR, retail, or consumer-facing digital businesses preferred.
Experience building or contributing to agentic systems, MCP servers, or internal AI tooling is preferred.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deliver robust technical solutions for critical guest facing, team member facing and franchisee facing digital features.
Lead architecture and system design decisions, creating and documenting clear and reasoned approaches.
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 overall code quality through rigorous design and code reviews, mentorship, and engineering best practices.
Lead development of new features from concept through deployment, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
Implement strong observability and incident triage methodologies using tools such as Datadog or similar platforms.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Champion testing practices including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and technical excellence.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools effectively, including writing clear prompts, authoring instruction/context files, scoping plans for execution, and reviewing AI-generated code with the same rigor as human-written code.