Software Engineer III - Android

Company Description

McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.

Our Global Mexico City Office will be a hub for technology innovation and operational support to help us build the solutions that will improve our customer, crew and employee experience each and every day.

Department Overview

McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts, we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast paced. 

We’re recruiting engineers to join our Global Technology team in Mexico City as we open our McDonald’s Mexico Office. Our Mexico City Office will be a hub for technology innovation and operational support to help us build the solutions that will improve our customer, crew and employee experience each day.

Duties

• Write robust and maintainable code.

• Provide guidance on design making sure all business requirements are addressed

• Collaborate with other engineers, be mentor that actively helps the team in development and best practices. Assist the team when blocked, and drive them towards a decision, managing divergent views.

• Collaborate within a development team, assisting end to end. Contribute to all aspects of the agile development life cycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. Always seeking to improve the team velocity through leadership.

• Ensure quality through automation testing and unit testing, maintaining and improving the code coverage.

• Improve the app using profilers, ensuring the best use of network, CPU and memory.

• Provide guidance on NFR.

• Have a passion for quality making sure the team adheres to acceptance criteria, focusing on security and privacy for our customers. Leading the team in the RCA of issues.

• Continuously improves the logging and monitor metrics in the app, delivering always feel-good moments to our customers.

• Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important priorities. Steer and communicate early when priorities and/or delivery times overlap. Build relationships outside of the team and showcases the team skills in engineering team.

• Model your team based on McDonald’s company values, fostering growth on the development team through constructive feedback and concrete goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent years of experience.

• At least 5 or more years of non-internship professional software development experience.

• Programming experience with Java, Kotlin and Android platform frameworks.

• B2 English proficiency, written and spoken is required.

• Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Analysis, design implementation, testing, evolution.

• Experience with Unit testing.

• Experience on version control tools, mainly focused on Git.

• Solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (object-oriented paradigm, design patterns, data structures and algorithms).

• Solution-oriented attitude and ability to solve tough problems in a collaborative, cross functional, and fast-paced environment.

• Experience debugging production applications, using native tools (profilers) as well as third party tools (New Relic, SonarQube, DataDog, etc).

• Passion for customer experience.

• Commitment on security and privacy when coding.

• Uncompromising attention to detail, passion for quality and drive to continuously improve the product.

• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.

Additional information At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...

People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice, or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.