Senior CMS Developer (Drupal, React)

Tech @ KFC…

At KFC, our platform has constantly evolved to make it as easy as possible to order our great chicken. We brought our development in-house four years ago which has helped to drive collaboration and innovation. Here at KFC, we empower people to be their best selves, make a difference and have fun.  

Think you can only buy our chicken in-store at our restaurants?! Think again! We’ve created a fast, simple omnichannel experience to help people order and get their food in the way that is most convenient to them, whether that be through our app to collect service via the front counter or drive-thru, in-store kiosk integrations, or fully integrated aggregator delivery (Deliveroo, JustEat, UberEats etc) and there’s more to come. 

We use React on our front-end and Node.js on our back-end, within a Serverless environment (AWS), so experience with JavaScript is ideal, but we’re happy to support your learning if you don’t have it. You can read more about our tech stack here… 

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/the-technology-behind-kfcs-finger-lickin-good-success/

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a key part of the the KFC Digital Tech Team, you’ll be leading the development of the Front end website and Drupal CMS. Your focus will be on creating high quality, structured, reusable and annotated code. You will have experience in development and be proficient using third party open-source packages and relevant code libraries. As part of a team consisting of Developers, Scrum Masters, QA’s, DevOps and Designers, you will be able to communicate with these departments, contribute to ideas, and innovate where required.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working in an Agile environment including Scrum & Kanban
• Drupal 8, ideally with headless experience and in developing these applications
• React, React Native and broader front-end skills (HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / Ajax)
• AWS Serverless
• Jest testing framework
• Experience using code version control systems (GIT).
• Experience building responsive websites and applications.
• Experience integrating with web services and APIs, including REST endpoints.
• Be proficient using third party open source packages and relevant code libraries like Google SDK

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:  

REWARD, PROGRESSION AND LOTS OF RECOGNITION

A career with KFC offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. We reward achievement with amazing incentives and benefits, including;

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover and extra dental cover
• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 3 extra days per year; after 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• International career opportunities across Yum!
• Pick n Mix Benefits, options include gym membership, health screening and travel insurance

KFC is also a very sociable company and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can. In the pre-pandemic world, our teams regularly enjoyed nights out with their colleagues- including payday drinks, weekly netball, and football matches and each year we organise a big Christmas party to celebrate the successes of the year; we have continued this ethos through Covid and make sure we have loads of fun in and outside of the office ‘socially distance style’.

Tech @ KFC…

At KFC, our platform has constantly evolved to make it as easy as possible to order our great chicken. We brought our development in-house four years ago which has helped to drive collaboration and innovation. Here at KFC, we empower people to be their best selves, make a difference and have fun.  

Think you can only buy our chicken in-store at our restaurants?! Think again! We’ve created a fast, simple omnichannel experience to help people order and get their food in the way that is most convenient to them, whether that be through our app to collect service via the front counter or drive-thru, in-store kiosk integrations, or fully integrated aggregator delivery (Deliveroo, JustEat, UberEats etc) and there’s more to come. 

We use React on our front-end and Node.js on our back-end, within a Serverless environment (AWS), so experience with JavaScript is ideal, but we’re happy to support your learning if you don’t have it. You can read more about our tech stack here… 

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/the-technology-behind-kfcs-finger-lickin-good-success/

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a key part of the the KFC Digital Tech Team, you’ll be leading the development of the Front end website and Drupal CMS. Your focus will be on creating high quality, structured, reusable and annotated code. You will have experience in development and be proficient using third party open-source packages and relevant code libraries. As part of a team consisting of Developers, Scrum Masters, QA’s, DevOps and Designers, you will be able to communicate with these departments, contribute to ideas, and innovate where required.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working in an Agile environment including Scrum & Kanban
• Drupal 8, ideally with headless experience and in developing these applications
• React, React Native and broader front-end skills (HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / Ajax)
• AWS Serverless
• Jest testing framework
• Experience using code version control systems (GIT).
• Experience building responsive websites and applications.
• Experience integrating with web services and APIs, including REST endpoints.
• Be proficient using third party open source packages and relevant code libraries like Google SDK

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:  

REWARD, PROGRESSION AND LOTS OF RECOGNITION

A career with KFC offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. We reward achievement with amazing incentives and benefits, including;

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover and extra dental cover
• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 3 extra days per year; after 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• International career opportunities across Yum!
• Pick n Mix Benefits, options include gym membership, health screening and travel insurance

KFC is also a very sociable company and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can. In the pre-pandemic world, our teams regularly enjoyed nights out with their colleagues- including payday drinks, weekly netball, and football matches and each year we organise a big Christmas party to celebrate the successes of the year; we have continued this ethos through Covid and make sure we have loads of fun in and outside of the office ‘socially distance style’.