Sr. Software Engineer, CFA Delivery Logistics Team

Overview

Chick-fil-A restaurants have an opportunity to grow our occasions to care for customers outside of the four walls of their restaurant. This Senior Software Engineer role exists to expand Chick-fil-A's reach by joining the team that builds the technology products that power off-premise dining experiences through delivery and catering services. The position is essential because off-premise fulfillment involves complex, real-time coordination challenges that require sophisticated automated systems to maintain Chick-fil-A's service standards at scale. This role directly impacts restaurant operators' ability to profitably run off-premise sales and influences customer satisfaction for thousands of daily delivery and catering orders.

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions for delivery optimization and catering fulfillment automation
• Develop algorithms that coordinate real-time order batching, delivery time calculations, customer communication workflows, and more
• Collaborate with lead engineers to influence technical implementation decisions while contributing to system architecture evolution
• Provide technical guidance and code review feedback to team members through collaborative problem-solving
• Research and recommend emerging technologies and development methodologies that improve fulfillment system performance
• Translate business requirements from restaurant Team Members, Operators, and Stakeholders into functional software specifications for off-premise fulfillment systems

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of experience
• Experience designing complex software solutions
• Senior-level knowledge indesign and programmingusing Java, Go, JavaScript, Python or other comparable languages
• Experience with Relational and Non-Relational databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with Agile principles as applied to software development
• Experience developing and deploying applications via cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Proven ability to positively influence the engineering culture and practices in a professional

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience
• Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, Scrum discipline, or comparable software development practices
• Extensive utilization of current Generative AI tooling such as GitHub Copilot or similar
• Experience developing and delivering microservices
• Deep understanding of AWS architecture
• Familiarity with version control systems and code merging/branching
• Experience working with an agile development methodology
• Experience in design, data collection, and data analysis

Minimum Years of Experience

1

Travel Requirements

10%

Required Level of Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Preferred Level of Education

Bachelor's Degree

Client-provided location(s): Atlanta, GA

Job ID: Chick-2025-18613

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-11T19:21:45