Manager, Tech Lead - Chicago, United States - McDonald's Corporation

McDonald's Corporation

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Company Description

McDonald's evolving Accelerating the Arches growth strategy puts our customers and people first and demonstrates our competitive advantages to strengthen our brand.

We are recognized on lists like Fortune's Most Admired Companies and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.

Doubling Down on the 4Ds (Delivery, Digital, Drive Thru, and Development)
Our growth pillars emphasize the critical role technology plays as the best-in-class, global omni-channel restaurant brand. Technology enables the organization through digital technologies, and improving the customer, crew and employee experience each and every day

Global Technology forging the way

Leading the digitization of our business is the Technology organization made up of innovation specialists who build industry defining tech using the latest innovations and platforms, like AI and edge computing to deliver on the next set of groundbreaking opportunities for the business.

We take on technology innovation challenges at an incredible scale, and work across global teams who are always hungry for a challenge This provides access to compelling career paths for technologists.

It's bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.

This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Commercial Product & Platform where our vision is to develop technology that delights our customers and enables our crew to operate our restaurants optimally and effectively

The POS Transformation Manager tech lead (TL) will be responsible for technical solutioning and delivery of the global transformed POS and corresponding Kitchen Management System.

The TL partners with our Global Serve product team to define and deliver the associated technical products and solutions using a mix of internal and external (vendor) resources and products.

Ultimately, play a meaningful role in bringing to life the future POS and Kitchen technology solutions for McDonalds globally.

Contribute to relevant partner selection decisions and lead an engineering squad or partner engineering squads
Partner with our restaurant platform, product, and engineering teams to create solution designs that drive towards our transformed product north star
Attend all squad level ceremonies and act as a leader of the Software Development Engineers (SDE's) of the respective squad
Help validate thirdparty technical solutions to be used by our transformed product
Partner with PM (in a Product squad) to lead the entire lifecycle of the backlog grooming process
Lead the output (quality and efficiency) of internal & external development squads to ensure they are delivering to the standards required by McD through code and design reviews
Maintain documentation standards for all software shipped by the squad
Answer technical questions from the squads and stay accountable for technical solutioning
Be the domain expert on features and capabilities to our development partners and other product teams to ensure alignment
Coordinate and/or implement plans to ensure that technical solutions meet the needs of the business
Collaborate closely with members in other functions (Product Management, Engineering, and UI/UX) to ensure that the technical solution supports the teams plans and goals for the transformed POS
Effectively diagnose and make recommendations to solve issues that may span multiple teams
Implement the planned strategy for product transformation
Support similar transformation initiatives across the system
Handle partner relationships, including product teams as customers of POS solutions, and ensure collaborators are aligned with transformation roadmaps

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
5+ years of technology experience required.
Experience evaluating and/or partnering with thirdparty suppliers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex technical solutions to nontechnical partners
Strong quantitative analysis skills; analytics attitude and skills in research and analysis
A love of new technologies and the drive to find ways to implement better tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications:

Retail experience
Point of sale systems or kitchen management solutions
Experience working on projects that span multiple organizations, geographies and business units

Additional Information
Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.