Work is project-oriented and employees must define actual tasks Understands company practices and goals. Applies them when resolving a variety of problems Uses both judgment and creativity, combined with sound technical knowledge, to investigate, determine, and recommend solutions.
Receives general instructions on new work and is expected to be able to forge ahead with project-related initiatives. Works on problems of moderate scope and complexity, implementing and evaluating systems, and occasionally working on sub-systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and enhance usability of a large-scale and high-traffic application.
• Develop, design, and maintain simple, intuitive, and feature-rich dynamic interfaces and components, driving for an optimized and responsive experience for our users.
• Help drive and enforce modern application technologies, processes, and methodologies to continually craft and improve the application for speed, usability, performance, scalability and maintainability
• Help drive develop, and enforce engineering standards, best practices, design patterns, and architectural goals/directions
• Occasionally interface with management and other SMEs regarding the resolution of key technical issues for future technological directions
• Assist junior team members with complex technical and design solutions
• Participate in and/or lead tech. talks to large audiences
• Monitor, analyze, and improve the performance and responsiveness of the application, components, and infrastructure
• Stay current with technology and industry best practices, with an eye towards applicable use or learnings from those technologies that can be leveraged for the product, team, environment, or processes.
• Thorough knowledge and applicable understanding of common engineering concepts: encapsulation, abstraction, separation of concerns, and messaging/communications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• 4 year Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience preferred 3-5 years of relevant as a Software Engineer or work experience
• 5-7 years of experience working with and developing a large-scale, high-traffic/performance applications

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES

• Strong in writing in some or all HTML5, CSS3, javaScript, TypeScript, etc.
• Strong in TDD, Functional and BDD Strong in writing code documentation, software architecture and flow diagrams.
• Strong in finding opportunities to re-use before re-build
• Strong knowledge of version control systems (preferably Git)
• Strong in writing SQL queries
• Strong in data modeling within both SQL and NoSQL databases Experience working with one or more back-end technologies such as NodeJS or Python
• Strong in building microservice-based architectures, RESTful services and methodologies
• Strong in front-end technologies such as SvelteJS, ReactJS, React Native, etc.
• Experience with CDNs like Cloudflare, Akamai, etc.
• Strong with Cloud Services such as GCP, AZURE, AWS, etc.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD processes (build, document, test, deploy)
• Strong in site tuning and performance optimization (HTTP Profiling, PageSpeed, etc.), including asset bundling, and code minification
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Good written and verbal communication, with a proven history at being able to work and collaborate effectively with non-technical team members and/or stakeholders
• Knowledgeable in analytics and A/B testing and deployment methodologies Ability to fully understand and contribute to an RCA (Root Cause Analysis) documents

This position sits within our Atlanta Support Center with an expectation to be onsite 80% of the time

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.