Lead the architecture, delivery, and evolution of critical restaurant technology platforms supporting Pizza Hut operations and team member experiences. In this role, you will lead engineers while defining technical direction across multiple systems and initiatives. You will ensure the successful delivery of scalable, cloud-native solutions supporting key operational capabilities including training and assessment systems, compliance tracking, restaurant monitoring, virtual assessments, and intelligent action platforms for restaurant managers. You will collaborate with international teams, drive platform architecture decisions, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
ResponsibilitiesDrive architecture decisions for scalable full-stack and cloud-native systems.
Promote best practices in system design, reliability, and observability.
Lead delivery of key platform capabilities supporting:
Crew training and assessment (OCL)
Compliance systems (Track & Trace)
Restaurant monitoring and reporting (MRD)
Virtual restaurant assessments
Intelligent operational action systems for RGMs
Collaborate with product and stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
Design and build scalable applications using React / React Native, Spring Boot, and NestJS.
Develop reliable APIs and microservices supporting restaurant operational systems.
Ensure high code quality through testing, code reviews, and performance optimization.
Design and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS (EKS, Lambda).
Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI.
Ensure strong monitoring and system reliability using Datadog.
Work closely with engineering and product teams across global locations to deliver platform capabilities.
Analyze complex technical challenges and implement scalable solutions that improve platform reliability and operational efficiency.
Strong expertise in Java, including object-oriented programming, multithreading, generics, and collections.
Extensive experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Dependency Injection, and transaction management.
Strong experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures supporting scalable distributed systems.
Experience developing full-stack applications using ReactJS and React Native.
Expertise designing scalable APIs including authentication, authorization, and versioning strategies.
Strong experience implementing testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Experience troubleshooting and optimizing performance of large-scale distributed systems.
Strong expertise with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB and DocumentDB, including data modeling, optimization, and scalability considerations.
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services including EKS, Lambda, and cloud-native infrastructure components.
Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, including container orchestration, scaling, and deployment of microservices.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability using Datadog in cloud and Kubernetes environments.
Experience of being a developer’s coach or mentor, building IDP and helping team members to progress with skills and tasks.
Proficiency with Git-based version control systems for collaborative development.
Experience working in Agile development environments, participating in sprint planning, technical design discussions, and cross-functional collaboration.
Preferred Skills
Experience building mobile applications using React Native.
Experience designing data pipelines and operational analytics systems.
Experience integrating with restaurant hardware or IoT devices.
Skills Required
- Strong expertise in Java, including object-oriented programming, multithreading, generics, and collections
- Extensive experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Data, dependency injection, and transaction management
- Strong experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
- Experience developing full-stack applications using ReactJS and React Native
- Expertise designing scalable APIs with authentication, authorization, and versioning strategies
- Strong experience implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies
- Experience troubleshooting and optimizing large-scale distributed systems
- Strong expertise with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and DocumentDB, including data modeling and optimization
- Hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS and Lambda
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration, scaling, and microservice deployment
- Experience building and maintaining GitLab CI pipelines
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability using Datadog
- Experience coaching or mentoring developers and helping team members progress
- Proficiency with Git-based version control systems
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Experience building mobile applications using React Native
- Experience designing data pipelines and operational analytics systems
- Experience integrating with restaurant hardware or IoT devices
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yum! Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Yum! Brands.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
