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McDonald's · 4 hours ago

Tech Platform Engineer III

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$127K/yr - $159K/yr

3+ years exp

McDonald's is a leading global omni-channel restaurant brand focused on technology innovation to enhance customer experiences. They are seeking a Tech Platform Engineer III to design and deliver a GCP-based data and analytics platform, enabling scalable data pipelines and supporting AI-driven workloads.

Restaurants

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Deliver Data Platform Solutions

Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-effective GCP-based data platform components

Build and enhance data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and platform services used across analytics and data product teams

Support AI-Ready Platform Capabilities

Implement platform features that enable emerging AI technologies (e.g., GenAI, LLMs, agentic AI) in areas such as monitoring, alerting, automation, and infrastructure-as-code

Collaborate with engineering teams supporting AI/ML solutions to ensure platform readiness for future initiatives

Implement Data Integration Patterns

Apply established data integration design patterns using ETL/ELT, event streaming, and real-time processing technologies such as Dataflow, Pub/Sub, dbt, or Kafka

Ensure data pipelines are performant, well-tested, reliable, and aligned to platform standards

Participate in Design Reviews & Best Practices

Take part in design reviews, ensuring high-quality engineering practices and consistency with defined platform standards

Contribute to documentation, reusable patterns, and engineering guidelines

Advance Cloud Engineering Skills

Stay current with new GCP capabilities and apply them to improve platform functionality, performance, and cost efficiency

Support continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure automation (Terraform, CI/CD, automated testing)

Support Governance, Security, and Compliance

Work with security, governance, and compliance teams to ensure platform components meet required controls and policies

Participate in vulnerability assessment remediation and operational hardening of platform services

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with product managers, architects, data engineers, and analytics teams to deliver platform capabilities that meet business and technical requirements

Coordinate with cloud, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure cohesive delivery across platform layers

Qualification

GCP data servicesData platform engineeringETL/ELT frameworksCI/CDTerraformData governanceAI/ML platformsCloud complianceEvent-driven architecturesSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

3–5 years of experience in data platform engineering, cloud data engineering, or related roles, with hands-on experience delivering solutions on GCP (with some exposure to AWS)

Demonstrated experience implementing modern cloud-based data platform components supporting analytical and/or AI workloads

Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT, event streaming, and real-time processing frameworks (e.g., dbt, Kafka, Dataflow, Pub/Sub)

Familiarity with emerging AI concepts as they relate to platform automation and operational efficiency

Strong implementation skills in CI/CD, Terraform, automated testing, and containerized workloads

Working knowledge of data governance, security controls, and cloud compliance requirements

Experience contributing to technical reviews and implementing engineering best practices

Strong hands-on expertise with core GCP data services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, Cloud Run, GKE)

Preferred

Experience with AI/ML platforms such as Databricks or Vertex AI

Familiarity with GenAI, LLM operations, and agentic AI concepts as they apply to platform enablement

Experience with orchestration tools such as Cloud Composer or Airflow

Understanding of event-driven architectures and advanced Kafka or Pub/Sub implementations

Experience working within multi-cloud setups and integrating GCP with AWS services

Exposure to cloud cost optimization techniques for data workloads

Experience with observability platforms

Industry certifications such as GCP Professional Data Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits

401(k) plan

Adoption assistance program

Educational assistance program

Flexible ways of working

Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)

Bonus

Long-term incentive

Company

McDonald's

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McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries.

Founded in 1955

Chicago, Illinois, US

10001+ employees

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/

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