Senior Software Engineer – Restaurant Tech POS & Intelligent Systems

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer – Restaurant Tech POS & Intelligent Systems is a senior-level individual contributor responsible for designing and implementing scalable restaurant technology solutions that modernize Wingstop’s POS and back-office ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Arcitect and build scalable integration services supporting POS and back-office modernization
• Design distributed APIs ensuring high availability and low latency across restaurant systems
• Support inventory-aware workflows including item availability and stock synchronization
• Lead separation and redesign of item master ownership from legacy systems
• Implement automated testing standards and release quality controls
• Establish observability, monitoring, and production reliability practices
• Ensure compliance with PCI and data protection standards
• Partner cross-functionally to align technical solutions with operational business needs
• Contribute to AI-enabled automation initiatives improving engineering productivity and operational insight

Requirements

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Tools & Technical Experience: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, strong experience in restaurant POS, retail store systems, or hospitality technology, backend expertise in Python and API architecture, experience designing distributed systems in AWS, experience building high-availability, low-latency transaction systems, experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and release quality controls, familiarity with PCI-sensitive or regulated transaction environments, hands-on experience deploying AI, generative AI, or agent-based systems in production environments

Qualifications

• Cloud certifications (AWS preferred) are a plus

Skills

• No job is too small
• Recognizes that the real work happens in the restaurants
• Stays humble, rolls up your sleeves, and always looks for ways to help
• Learns from others and contributes wherever you can
• Cares deeply about doing great work and driving results
• Curious, asks questions, and seeks out opportunities to improve
• Brings solutions, ideas, and perspectives that move the team forward
• Takes full responsibility for your work and sees things through to completion
• Adopts healthy conflict, knowing that great ideas and strong teams emerge from honest, constructive conversations
• Believes that leaders create leaders and is committed to fostering a culture of growth, challenge, and continuous improvement

Benefits

• FLAVOR PERKS: Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees, One paid volunteer day of your choice, Competitive bonus structure for eligible roles, Team member stock purchase plan, Health savings or flexible spending account options, 401k – (dollar for dollar on the first 3% and then 50 cents on the dollar for the next 2% for team member contributions up to 5% of eligible compensation), Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, Basic life and AD&D insurance provided, Pet insurance, Education Assistance, Wellness reimbursement program, Paid maternity and paternity leave, Fun Is The Best Flavor Lunch provided every Tuesday and Thursday in office, Discount on Wingstop gift cards, Onsite game room

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time position