McDonald's
Director, Software Engineering
Chicago, IL, US · Director
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About the role
- Company Description: McDonald's is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily.
- Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential.
Responsibilities
- Duties Lead architecture reviews, technical design decisions, and end-to-end solution delivery, ensuring the platform is resilient, extensible, and capable of supporting global market needs.
- Own technology governance, security compliance, data integrity, and risk management practices across the platform, ensuring the protection of sensitive customer, restaurant, and business data.
- Drive the successful execution of modernization initiatives, balancing innovation, technical debt reduction, platform stability, and delivery commitments.
- Manage product and platform investments, budgets, vendor relationships, and resource planning, ensuring technology decisions deliver measurable business value and strong return on investment.
- We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone.
- McDonald's provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, or AWS), microservices architectures, APIs, event-driven systems, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience managing globally distributed teams and strategic vendor relationships.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
- Master's degree preferred.
- McDonald's Values Willingness and ability to embody McDonald's values every day: Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family.
- Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
- We continue to operate from a position of strength.
- Our relentless ambition is why McDonald's remains one of the world's leading corporations after almost 70 years.
Compensation
- Long - Term Incentive:
- Yes Salary Range The expected salary range for this role is $195,371 - $244,214 per year The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.
Company info
- Job Description: Company Description: McDonald's is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily.
- We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family.
- From support of Ronald McDonald House to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet.
Equal opportunity
- McDonald's is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce.
- equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce.
- If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com.
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