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Overview

Chick-fil-A restaurants have an opportunity to grow our occasions to care for customers outside of the four walls of their restaurant. This Senior Software Engineer role exists to expand Chick-fil-A's reach by joining the team that builds the technology products that power off-premise dining experiences through delivery and catering services. The position is essential because off-premise fulfillment involves complex, real-time coordination challenges that require sophisticated automated systems to maintain Chick-fil-A's service standards at scale. This role directly impacts restaurant operators' ability to profitably run off-premise sales and influences customer satisfaction for thousands of daily delivery and catering orders.

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities

+ Design and implement software solutions for delivery optimization and catering fulfillment automation

+ Develop algorithms that coordinate real-time order batching, delivery time calculations, customer communication workflows, and more

+ Collaborate with lead engineers to influence technical implementation decisions while contributing to system architecture evolution

+ Provide technical guidance and code review feedback to team members through collaborative problem-solving

+ Research and recommend emerging technologies and development methodologies that improve fulfillment system performance

+ Translate business requirements from restaurant Team Members, Operators, and Stakeholders into functional software specifications for off-premise fulfillment systems

Minimum Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

+ 1+ years of experience

+ Experience designing complex software solutions

+ Senior-level knowledge in design and programming using Java, Go, JavaScript, Python or other comparable languages

+ Experience with Relational and Non-Relational databases

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills

+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

+ Familiarity with Agile principles as applied to software development

+ Experience developing and deploying applications via cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)

+ Proven ability to positively influence the engineering culture and practices in a professional

Preferred Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree

+ 3+ years of experience

+ Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, Scrum discipline, or comparable software development practices

+ Extensive utilization of current Generative AI tooling such as GitHub Copilot or similar

+ Experience developing and delivering microservices

+ Deep understanding of AWS architecture

+ Familiarity with version control systems and code merging/branching

+ Experience working with an agile development methodology

+ Experience in design, data collection, and data analysis

Minimum Years of Experience

1

Travel Requirements

10%

Required Level of Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Preferred Level of Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job FunctionInformation Technology

Position TypeExperienced Professionals

Requisition ID2025-18613

Posting Location : LocationUS-GA-Atlanta