McDonald's

Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Chicago, IL, US · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$167k-$209kDetected 14 days ago

CI/CDStakeholder ManagementCommunication

About the role

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.
Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

They own how change moves across the ecosystem, ensuring that features, initiatives, and platform capabilities flow through environments in the right order, under the right conditions, and with the right guardrails without becoming a bottleneck.
Identify, manage, and actively mitigate cross-team, cross-platform, and cross-environment dependencies.
Drive timely escalation and decision-making when tradeoffs impact quality, safety, or delivery confidence.
Partner with Deployment and Quality teams to ensure orchestration decisions are executable and grounded in real signals.
Maintain visibility into delivery flow, risks, and systemic bottlenecks across initiatives.
Identify recurring orchestration and flow issues and drive improvements to delivery patterns.
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.

8+ years of experience in engineering delivery, release management, platform operations, or large-scale program coordination.
Proven experience coordinating delivery across multiple teams and systems.
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, environment promotion, and progressive delivery concepts.
Proven ability to work with and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects.
consistent track record of getting things done.
Experience working on mobile apps and customer-facing products.
Expertise in digital project and product planning, including feature and defect prioritization, trade-off processes, roadmap creation, and timeline planning.

Experience in QSR, retail, hospitality, or large distributed systems.
Familiarity with platform resilience, reliability engineering, or large-scale rollout models.
Experience working in environments with both cloud and edge or on-prem systems.
Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.

Yes Salary Range The expected salary range for this role is $167,366.00 - $209,207.00 per year The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.

This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.
This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald's long-term incentive plan.
We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

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.
At McDonald's, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact.
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.

McDonald's is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce.
equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce.
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