Know ATS Score
CV/Résumé Score
  • Expertini Resume Scoring: Our Semantic Matching Algorithm evaluates your CV/Résumé before you apply for this job role: Lead Golang Engineer.
United States Jobs Expertini

Urgent! Lead Golang Engineer Job Opening In Chicago – Now Hiring Yum! Brands

Lead Golang Engineer



Job description

Who we are:

Our story might surprise you.

We’re the world’s largest restaurant company—encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell—but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just frying chicken, baking pizzas, and serving up tacos.

We put this delicious food in the hands of customers through apps, websites, kiosks, POS, and other digital dining experiences – and we are only getting started.

We’re building out a bold team of hackers to help Yum! Brands deliver the next generation of software to , restaurants in more than countries.

That’s a huge responsibility, which is why we’re on a mission to find the most fearless engineers to join our software startup within Yum!.


Yum!'s vision for the future is simple: a world with more Yum!: with our iconic brands in more places, and more ways for consumers to access them.

The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results.

And like all companies who win consistently, our brands, employees, and franchisees will need to continually adjust to stay relevant now and in the future.

The software we’re building does just that: it serves people in new ways to make team members more productive and customers happier.


What we need:


Our dynamic eCommerce Platform team is expanding as we optimize our digital ordering channels and technology innovations to drive competitive advantages for our restaurants around the globe.

We are seeking a Lead Golang Engineer to lead our checkout team as we add new features and improve our checkout experience.


You will:

  • Develop Golang based GraphQL web services and Nodejs Typescript workflow services as part of our scalable interactive ecommerce platform
  • Work with in-memory and external caching solutions to improve platform performance
  • Write comprehensive unit tests
  • Architect, design, optimize, and refactor code for peak performance
  • Mentor junior engineers in engineering best practices
  • Contribute to requirement elicitation and grooming of new functionalities
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to design features impacting multiple microservices
  • You have:

  • Proficiency with Golang and
  • Minimum years of experience building scalable interactive web applications
  • Familiarity with consuming or creating Graphql web services
  • Background with unit testing and/or Test-Driven Development (TDD)
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
  • Team player with a collaborative attitude
  • We prefer experience with:

  • Web servers (Gin, express, etc.)
  • Testing libraries (testify, mocha, etc.)
  • DevOps technologies (harness, docker, AWS, Jenkins, apigee)
  • Microservice architecture
  • Internationalization (in)
  • Agile methodologies
  • CICD pipelines
  • Git
  • SQL
  • Ecommerce 
  • A few of our perks:

  • weeks of vacation PLUS holidays
  • sick days
  • paid volunteer days
  • k matching
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • Life insurance
  • Half day Fridays
  • Generous parental leave
  • A world-famous recognition culture
  • Salary Range: $, to $, annually + bonus eligibility.This is the expected salary range for this position.

    Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.


    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 (k) plan.

    Yum! provides weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays, a floating day off and paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

    To learn more about working at Yum! -



    Required Skill Profession

    Computer Occupations



    Your Complete Job Search Toolkit

    ✨ Smart • Intelligent • Private • Secure

    Start Using Our Tools

    Join thousands of professionals who've advanced their careers with our platform

    Rate or Report This Job
    If you feel this job is inaccurate or spam kindly report to us using below form.
    Please Note: This is NOT a job application form.


      Unlock Your Lead Golang Potential: Insight & Career Growth Guide