Design and implement scalable front-end applications and shared components that power KFC's digital commerce experiences
Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance user interfaces using modern web technologies and front-end frameworks such as React and [protected info]
Lead architecture discussions and drive technical decisions for your team, escalating to Staff/Principal engineers where appropriate
Set and enforce code quality standards
mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
Own technical scoping, estimation, and risk communication for your team's deliverables
Drive onboarding of new engineers onto the KFC Experience Team
Partner with Product, Design, and Back-End teams to deliver seamless end-to-end customer journeys across browsing, customization, ordering, and checkout flows
Represent engineering in cross-functional planning
act as a technical bridge between engineering and non-technical stakeholders
Support market-specific custom development while maintaining a scalable core platform, consistent user experience, and strong code quality standards
Collaborate on analytics instrumentation, A/B testing, and experimentation initiatives to continuously improve conversion and customer engagement
Partner with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to plan releases, phased rollouts, and continuous delivery practices
Troubleshoot production issues and use monitoring and observability tools to improve application reliability, performance, and customer experience
Leverage AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve development efficiency, code quality, and team productivity
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of professional
software engineering experience, including 4+ years building and operating modern React-based production applications in customer-facing environments
Demonstrated experience mentoring or leading engineers in a team setting, with a track record of raising the technical bar of a team
Ability to break down ambiguous problems into scoped, deliverable work and drive technical decisions with confidence
Experience designing and building scalable front-end applications for customer-facing digital products, with a strong understanding of modern web architecture and engineering best practices
Experience delivering modern web applications in high-traffic e-commerce, retail, or consumer digital environments
Experience building internationalized or multi-market applications
Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills
Excellent collaboration and English communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
JavaScript/TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks such as React, [protected info], or similar
HTML, CSS, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility best practices
State management, API integration, and modern rendering patterns for web applications
Web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and front-end testing practices
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar technologies to improve engineering productivity and code quality
Component-based architecture and reusable UI systems
CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
Front-end testing tools and quality practices, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
Design systems, analytics instrumentation, experimentation, and SEO considerations in digital commerce environments
Monitoring front-end performance and using data to guide customer experience improvements
Deploying, debugging, and operating applications in cloud-native environments
Monitoring, logging, tracing, and observability practices for production applications