Yum! Brands

Software Engineer III

Yum! Brands  •  Ho Chi Minh City (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a high-performing Software Engineer (Level 7) to drive critical platform, scalability, and AI-enablement initiatives across Byte Coach and related systems. In this role, you will operate with strong autonomy and technical ownership, leading complex initiatives that directly support Byte Coach’s strategic priorities:

  • Scalable Brand Autonomy Platform Modernization on Byte OS
  • AI-Powered Coaching & Collective Intelligence
  • Operational Simplification & UX Improvements
  • Reliability & Performance Enhancements

You will own significant technical domains, influence cross-team design decisions, and deliver measurable platform and business outcomes at scale (33k+ restaurants globally).

Project Contribution:

  • Work on assignments of moderate scope and complexity.
  • Analyze and expand on situations with multiple factors, breaking issues into logical steps and solving problems primarily using existing processes.
  • Design secure, highly available backend systems that reliably integrate AI services with scalable and auditable context management.
  • Work closely with product and AI teams to embed intelligence into operational workflows.
  • Leverage native APIs and frameworks for integrations.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs.
  • Maintain code integrity through testing and documentation.

Collaboration & Communication:

  • Build strong internal working relationships.
  • Interact primarily with supervisor, project lead, or other professionals in the same or related disciplines.
  • Clearly and effectively communicate and explain facts, policies, and practices.
  • Decisions typically affect the immediate team.

Core Skills:

  • Strong expertise in Java (OOP, concurrency, collections, transaction management).
  • Proficiency with Spring Boot, Spring Data, Dependency Injection.
  • Experience designing and scaling RESTful microservices.
  • Knowledge of API security (OAuth, Cognito, token-based auth, RBAC).
  • Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka, SQS).
  • Strong SQL and NoSQL database experience.
  • Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues.
  • Experience integrating AI-driven services into backend workflows.
  • Exposure to conversational systems or recommendation engines.
  • Experience supporting large-scale multi-tenant platforms.
  • Version Control & Agile:

Proficient in Git for version control and team collaboration.

Experience working in Agile environments, participating in sprints, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

  • Familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, and Harness.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda).
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration, scaling, and deployment.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools like DataDog.
Yum! Brands

About Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 60,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more.

What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Louisville, KY
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
yum.com
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