Staff Software Engineer - Byte POS

About the role

We are searching for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to own both hands-on technical delivery and the technical leadership of our Android engineering work. In this role, you will drive the architecture and implementation of both consumer-facing and enterprise operational applications for the restaurant industry. Our platform runs globally across Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut using peer-to-peer replication, network service discovery, and embedded web servers to keep restaurants running even when the network doesn’t — all built on a 100% Kotlin codebase with a modern Android stack including Jetpack Compose.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example within an agile development process that adds incremental value to the platform with each iteration.
• Champion AI-assisted development on the team: establish patterns and guardrails for AI tool usage across development, testing, documentation, and support, while keeping clear expectations for quality, security, and engineer ownership.
• Mentor and coach fellow engineers and act as a thought leader on the product.
• Serve as a technical leader for the Android platform. Set patterns, review designs and code, and raise the engineering bar across your workstreams.
• Solve both ambiguous and complex problems with real risk, working alongside cross-functional teams.
• Implement and uphold MVVM architecture patterns and comprehensive testing strategies to keep the codebase clean, testable, and maintainable.
• Own performance and reliability for an always-on application that runs all day long in tens of thousands of restaurants worldwide.
• Interface with and support a myriad of hardware devices — printers, payment terminals, and scanners — while building clean abstractions around them.
• Architect and build core platform capabilities, including peer-to-peer replication, real-time syncing, distributed transactions, and offline resilience.
• Help build a team culture where engineers are excited to show up to work.
• Collaborate with product management, other engineering teams, quality assurance, operations, and other functions to develop the right solutions.
• Communicate complex topics/problems in an articulate manner.
• Interact frequently with engineering leadership, product management, and brand teams to align on technical direction, roadmap tradeoffs, and delivery risks.
• Self-direct, prioritize work for other developers, and lead and mentor fellow engineers.
• Own/manage specific aspects of the development process including implementation, testing, or deployment (CI/CD).

Requirements

• BA/BS or higher in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
• 8+ years hands-on experience building robust mobile software, including deep production Android experience.
• Expert knowledge of the Android SDK and strong working knowledge of modern Android concepts, including Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Published native Android apps in your portfolio.
• A proven history of writing robust software, including a solid grasp of and respect for proper architectures and testing strategies.
• Experience architecting and building libraries, SDKs, and tools for internal and external consumption.
• AI dev tooling embedded in your day-to-day, not just experimenting, with enough judgment to set patterns and mentor other engineers on using it safely and effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to distributed systems and peer-to-peer architecture.
• Restaurant tech, retail POS, or any in-store operational system background.
• Strong background in reactive UI patterns (Kotlin Flow/Coroutines, Jetpack Compose); RxJava experience also translates well.
• Experience building payment systems and integrating with hardware peripherals including printers and payment terminals.
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, and knowledge of their tradeoffs.
• Experience customizing the Android OS and deploying it on x86 hardware.
• Startup experience.
• Social proof of your passion for software development (blog, personal apps or websites, meetup presentations, community involvement).

Benefits

• 4 weeks of vacation plus holidays.
• 5 sick days.
• 2 paid volunteer days.
• Company-wide recharge holidays.
• 401(k) matching.
• Medical, dental, vision.
• Life insurance.
• Half-day Fridays.
• Generous parental leave.
• A world-famous recognition culture.

Pay

Salary Range: $148,900 to $186,500 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.