Assoc. Manager, Software Engineering

Assoc. Manager, Software Engineering

Hybrid

Lead the architecture, delivery, and evolution of critical restaurant technology platforms supporting Pizza Hut operations and team member experiences. In this role, you will lead engineers while defining technical direction across multiple systems and initiatives. You will ensure the successful delivery of scalable, cloud-native solutions supporting key operational capabilities including training and assessment systems, compliance tracking, restaurant monitoring, virtual assessments, and intelligent action platforms for restaurant managers.

You will collaborate with international teams, drive platform architecture decisions, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Drive architecture decisions for scalable full-stack and cloud-native systems.

Promote best practices in system design, reliability, and observability.

Lead delivery of key platform capabilities supporting:

Crew training and assessment (OCL)

Compliance systems (Track & Trace)

Restaurant monitoring and reporting (MRD)

Virtual restaurant assessments

Collaborate with product and stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable solutions.

Design and build scalable applications using React / React Native, Spring Boot, and NestJS.

Develop reliable APIs and microservices supporting restaurant operational systems.

Ensure high code quality through testing, code reviews, and performance optimization.

Design and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS (EKS, Lambda).

Ensure strong monitoring and system reliability using Datadog.

Work closely with engineering and product teams across global locations to deliver platform capabilities.

Analyze complex technical challenges and implement scalable solutions that improve platform reliability and operational efficiency.

Strong expertise in Java, including object-oriented programming, multithreading, generics, and collections.

Extensive experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Dependency Injection, and transaction management.

Strong experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures supporting scalable distributed systems.

Experience developing full-stack applications using React

JS and React Native.

Expertise designing scalable APIs including authentication, authorization, and versioning strategies.

Strong experience implementing testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

Experience troubleshooting and optimizing performance of large-scale distributed systems.

Strong expertise with SQL databases such as Postgre

SQL and No

SQL databases such as Dynamo

DB and Document

DB, including data modeling, optimization, and scalability considerations.

Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services including EKS, Lambda, and cloud-native infrastructure components.

Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, including container orchestration, scaling, and deployment of microservices.

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git Lab CI.

Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability using Datadog in cloud and Kubernetes environments.

Experience of being a developer’s coach or mentor, building IDP and helping team members to progress with skills and tasks.

Proficiency with Git-based version control systems for collaborative development.

Experience working in Agile development environments, participating in sprint planning, technical design discussions, and cross-functional collaboration.

Experience building mobile applications using React Native.

Experience designing data pipelines and operational analytics systems.

Experience integrating with restaurant hardware or IoT devices.