Restaurant Brands International · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML
Miami, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expRestaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with nearly $45 billion in annual system-wide sales. The Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML at RBI is responsible for building and operationalizing the data and machine learning infrastructure that powers enterprise forecasting and AI-driven insights.
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Responsibilities
Design and operationalize enterprise forecasting pipelines and feature layers supporting sales, labor, inventory, and additional predictive domains
Build reusable, abstracted ML components that integrate cleanly with RBI’s data ecosystem without embedding forecasting logic in application code
Implement ML engineering best practices for time-series and predictive workloads, including versioned data pipelines, feature stores, experimentation scaffolding, and automated drift detection
Ensure all predictive outputs are governed, explainable, and linked to authoritative data sources with full lineage
Own the onboarding, transformation, and modeling of enterprise data into Snowflake to support ML, forecasting, and analytics workloads
Design high-performance data models and pipelines optimized for both batch and real-time consumption
Optimize data structures for correctness, scalability, and permissioning across multiple business functions and AI applications
Support the buildout of RBI’s semantic and AI layers to unlock natural language access to both descriptive and predictive insights
Partner with AI Engineering and Functional Data Engineers to define governed semantic models and ensure consistent metric definitions across the enterprise
Enable Cortex and approved AI tools with clean, well-structured datasets and metadata to improve accuracy and grounding of AI responses
Implement enterprise governance policies, RBAC frameworks, and documentation to ensure safe and compliant use of data and predictive outputs
Develop evaluation datasets, regression tests, and ML validation frameworks to detect drift and ensure reliable performance over time
Collaborate with data stewards and security stakeholders to manage PII, enforce quality expectations, and maintain auditability for forecasting and ML workflows
Work with Finance, Operations, Marketing, Technology, and Product teams to enable forecasting capabilities and integrate predictive insights into planning workflows
Translate business requirements into scalable ML-ready data assets and semantic models
Advocate for data and model architecture best practices that accelerate enterprise AI adoption
Qualification
Required
5+ years in data engineering or analytics engineering with production experience on Snowflake or equivalent cloud data warehouses
Strong SQL expertise and advanced data modeling skills (star/snowflake schemas, semantic modeling, metadata management)
Proficiency in Python and experience operationalizing ML workloads in production
Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, or MLlib
Experience with time-series forecasting, predictive modeling, or ML feature engineering
Strong understanding of governance, PII handling, and audit requirements (e.g., SOX-adjacent constraints)
Preferred
Experience enabling NLQ or semantic-layer systems (Cortex or similar) is a plus
Experience with ELT tooling (e.g., AWS Glue) and data quality or observability frameworks
Benefits
Comprehensive global paid parental leave program that supports employees as they expand their families
Free telemedicine and mental wellness support
Company
Restaurant Brands International
Restaurant Brands International is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.57B2025-11-13Post Ipo Secondary
2024-09-03Post Ipo Debt· $369.16M
2024-08-12Post Ipo Secondary
Leadership Team
Daniel Schwartz
CEO
Sami Siddiqui
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-09
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