Senior Android Engineer

KFC • Chicago, IL

2d

About The Position

Our story might surprise you. We’re the world’s largest restaurant company —encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell—but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just frying chicken, baking pizzas, and serving up tacos. We put this delicious food in the hands of customers through apps, websites, kiosks, POS, and other digital dining experiences – and we are only getting started. Here in Chicago, we’re building out a bold team of hackers to help Yum! Brands deliver the next generation of software to 50,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries. That’s a huge responsibility, which is why we’re on a mission to find the most fearless engineers to join our software startup within Yum!.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Deep knowledge of modern Kotlin and a good understanding of the Android SDK
• Strong background in reactive UI patterns (RxJava/Flow)
• A proven history of writing robust software. This includes having a solid grasp of and respect for proper architectures and testing strategies
• Experience architecting and building libraries, SDK, and tools for internal and external consumption
• Ability to self-direct and prioritize work for other developers
• Willingness and ability to own/manage specific aspects of the development process including implementation, testing, or deployment (CI/CD)

Nice To Haves

• Startup experience
• Knowledge of standard networking protocols TCP/UDP
• Experience integrating with 3 rd party libraries
• Experience with peer-to-peer networks and building distributed systems
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, knowledge of their tradeoffs
• Social proof of your passion for software development (blog, personal apps or websites, meetup presentations, community involvement)

Responsibilities

• Be building an Android-based point-of-sale and operations platform that will be a critical tool in tens of thousands of restaurants around the world
• Have the opportunity to work on challenging problems in an environment where you can have a very large impact on the end product
• Solve problems with new and emerging technologies including distributed databases, real-time syncing, message queues, and distributed transactions

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees