Sr. Software Engineer- Fulfillment Team
About The Position
Papa Johns is on a mission to build best-in-class technology that powers our promise of Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Fulfillment Team, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the core systems that enable order fulfillment across our restaurants—including ordering, make-line integration, delivery, carryout, and third-party logistics. You will work closely with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver highly reliable, performant, and extensible software that supports tens of thousands of restaurants and millions of customers globally.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building secure, scalable backend and/or distributed systems and leading software development teams
- Proven experience designing and operating high-scale, cloud-native microservices in production
- Strong proficiency in one or more: Java, Kotlin, Node.js, or Python
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
- Strong understanding of databases, messaging systems, and caching strategies
- Excellent problem-solving skills and sense of ownership
- Proven track record for designing/creating quality solutions with minimal input
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction
- Experience with Agile methodologies
Nice To Haves
- Experience in eCommerce, fulfillment, delivery, or restaurant technology domains
- Familiarity with microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Jenkins, Harness)
- Knowledge of POS systems, kitchen systems, or last-mile delivery platforms
- Experience supporting mission-critical systems with strict uptime, latency, and SLA requirements
- Experience with AI tools and technology
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-availability backend services supporting order fulfillment and delivery workflows
- Lead technical design and drive architecture decisions for cloud-native, distributed, event-driven systems
- Build APIs and event-driven services integrating with POS, kitchen systems, delivery platforms, and external partners
- Own services end-to-end (design, implementation, deployment, observability, and reliability)
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while promoting engineering best practices
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, knowledge sharing and contributing to refinement of engineering standards
- Collaborate with external vendors and internal Product, QA, DevOps, development teams and Business Operations teams to deliver resilient, impactful solutions
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for critical systems
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
