Yum! Brands · 1 month ago
Sr. Go Software Engineer - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $164K/yr
7+ years expYum! Brands is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer II (Technical Lead) for Byte Edge to own the technical direction and hands-on implementation of their edge computing platform. The role involves leading the architecture and implementation of edge services, ensuring reliable and efficient operations for thousands of restaurant locations.
Food and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and implementation of edge services in Go, including the cloud-to-edge synchronization bridge and authentication gateway
Design and optimize messaging patterns for high-throughput, low-latency event streaming across unreliable networks
Own the technical strategy for offline-first architecture, ensuring durability and eventual consistency during extended network outages
Build and maintain Kubernetes deployments via Helm charts for edge clusters managed through Spectro Cloud Palette
Optimize services for memory, CPU, and disk constrained environments typical of in-store hardware
Collaborate with cloud platform teams to design seamless cloud-to-edge data flows using MQTT-based bridging
Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and mentorship of engineers
Partner with Product and DevOps to plan phased rollouts and gradual migrations from legacy systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience operating production distributed systems
Experience acting as a technical lead, owning system design and guiding engineering decisions
Technical proficiency in Go (1.21+) for high-performance, low-memory service
Distributed messaging systems such as NATS JetStream, Kafka, or similar
Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
Authentication and authorization using OAuth2 and JWT
Strong experience with event-driven and streaming architectures
CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions
Docker and containerized service development
Designing systems for resource-constrained or embedded environments
Preferred
Experience with MQTT and cloud-to-edge messaging bridges
Experience with edge Kubernetes management platforms such as Spectro Cloud Palette
Knowledge of high-availability patterns including multi-node clustering and fast failover
Background in restaurant technology, point-of-sale systems, or retail operations
Experience with GraphQL federation or domain graph services
Benefits
Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.
Company
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands is a quick-service restaurant brand that primarily operates the likes of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Yum! Brands has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
33%
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Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2021 (1)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.5B2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-04-26Post Ipo Debt· $2B
1997-09-26IPO
Leadership Team
Christopher Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Ranjith Roy
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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