Staff Engineer - Android
Posted on: 5 Mar 2025
New York, NY
Job Description
You Will…
Be building an Android-based point-of-sale and operations platform that will be a critical tool in tens of thousands of restaurants around the world
Have the opportunity to work on challenging problems in an environment where you can have a very large impact on the end product
Solve problems with new and emerging technologies including distributed databases, real-time syncing, message queues, and distributed transactions
You Have…
A bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Published native Android apps in your portfolio
Expert knowledge of the Android SDK and good working knowledge of all new Android and Kotlin concepts
A proven history of writing robust software. This includes having a solid grasp of and respect for proper architectures and testing strategies
Experience architecting and building libraries, SDK, and tools for internal and external consumption
Ability to self-direct and prioritize work for other developers
Ability to help lead and mentor your fellow engineers and to be a thought leader on the product
Willingness and ability to own/manage specific aspects of the development process including implementation, testing, or deployment (CI/CD)
We prefer…
Startup experience
Strong background in reactive UI patterns (RxJava/Flow)
Experience building payment systems
Experience with peer-to-peer networks and building distributed systems
Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, knowledge of their tradeoffs
Experience integrating with hardware peripherals including printers and payment terminals
Experience customizing the Android OS and deploying it on X86 hardware
Social proof of your passion for software development (blog, personal apps or websites, meetup presentations, community involvement)
YUM! Brands, Inc.
Louisville, KY
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 48,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries and territories primarily operating the company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system opens over eight new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in global retail development. In 2018, Yum! Brands was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and ranked among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. In 2019, Yum! Brands was named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second consecutive year.
Since our spin-off from PepsiCo in 1997, we’ve become a truly global company led by over 2,000 world-class franchisees. In 2016, we successfully spun off our China business as an independent, publicly traded company and announced our Recipe for Growth, our multi-year growth strategy to become more focused, more franchised and more efficient.
We’re also extremely proud of the 1.5 million employees and franchise associates in our system around the globe and the unique culture we’ve built grounded on innovation, inclusion and growth. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, encourage ideas from everyone and have actively developed a workforce that is diverse in style and background.
There’s a world of opportunities for Yum!, and we’re confident in our brands’ continued journey ahead.
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IndustryFood services/Restaurants
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No. of Employees34, 000
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