Nodejs Engineer

Nodejs Engineer

Digital Technology @ 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 Nodejs Engineer you’ll be working across teams to support the development of the Digital products for web and app as well as the integrations to the many external services. Your focus will be on creating high quality, structured, reusable and annotated code. 

You will have 3+ years’ experience in development and be proficient using third party open-source packages and relevant code libraries. As part of a team consisting of Engineers, Scrum Masters, QA’s, DevOps and Designers, you will be able to communicate with these departments, contribute to ideas, and innovate where required.

Whilst we’re one of the world’s biggest and most loved brands, we’re still a small tech team of around 40 people (and growing!) so it’s a great environment to get exposure to lots of different projects. 

What we’d love from you…

Technical Experience...

• Nodejs
• Automated testing via Jest
• Cloud formation exposure
• Excellent AWS knowledge
• AWS Serverless knowledge including:-

1. Step functions
2. Lambda
3. SQS
4. SNS
5. DynamoDB

• Serverless Framework
• Event driven methodologies
• Experience developing and following design patterns developing backend systems
• Relational database knowledge including Postgresql

Nice to have...

• Akamai management
• Terraform 
• PHP
• Bitbucket Pipelines automated deployment
• Cloudflare management
• Working in an Agile framework before i.e. Scrum & Kanban

About You…

We deliver together as a team so are highly collaborative, even when remote, so we’re looking for skills to help further foster this…

• Familiarity and use of Agile frameworks including Scrum & Kanban
• Team Player
• Proactive and not afraid to ask questions or for help when needed
• Good communication skills
• Positive can-do attitude

What we can offer you...

Rewards, 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: -

• We can offer flexibility – our RSC is in Woking.
• Company and performance related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover
• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days per year
• After 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive parental leave and flexible return to work options
• Flexible and Voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Health Screening and Gym Discounts.
• Opportunity to flex your benefits to create a Wellbeing Fund you can use throughout the year

KFC can be a social company if that’s your thing, and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can from payday drinks to weekly sports clubs; there's extensive wellness and mental health support with Sanctus Training and yoga classes so you can choose how little or how much you get involved. 

If this all sounds like you and you are keen to join a global, dynamic and ambitious company you can thrive in, then get in touch!

Nodejs Engineer

Digital Technology @ 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 Nodejs Engineer you’ll be working across teams to support the development of the Digital products for web and app as well as the integrations to the many external services. Your focus will be on creating high quality, structured, reusable and annotated code. 

You will have 3+ years’ experience in development and be proficient using third party open-source packages and relevant code libraries. As part of a team consisting of Engineers, Scrum Masters, QA’s, DevOps and Designers, you will be able to communicate with these departments, contribute to ideas, and innovate where required.

Whilst we’re one of the world’s biggest and most loved brands, we’re still a small tech team of around 40 people (and growing!) so it’s a great environment to get exposure to lots of different projects. 

What we’d love from you…

Technical Experience...

• Nodejs
• Automated testing via Jest
• Cloud formation exposure
• Excellent AWS knowledge
• AWS Serverless knowledge including:-

1. Step functions
2. Lambda
3. SQS
4. SNS
5. DynamoDB

• Serverless Framework
• Event driven methodologies
• Experience developing and following design patterns developing backend systems
• Relational database knowledge including Postgresql

Nice to have...

• Akamai management
• Terraform 
• PHP
• Bitbucket Pipelines automated deployment
• Cloudflare management
• Working in an Agile framework before i.e. Scrum & Kanban

About You…

We deliver together as a team so are highly collaborative, even when remote, so we’re looking for skills to help further foster this…

• Familiarity and use of Agile frameworks including Scrum & Kanban
• Team Player
• Proactive and not afraid to ask questions or for help when needed
• Good communication skills
• Positive can-do attitude

What we can offer you...

Rewards, 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: -

• We can offer flexibility – our RSC is in Woking.
• Company and performance related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover
• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days per year
• After 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive parental leave and flexible return to work options
• Flexible and Voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Health Screening and Gym Discounts.
• Opportunity to flex your benefits to create a Wellbeing Fund you can use throughout the year

KFC can be a social company if that’s your thing, and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can from payday drinks to weekly sports clubs; there's extensive wellness and mental health support with Sanctus Training and yoga classes so you can choose how little or how much you get involved. 

If this all sounds like you and you are keen to join a global, dynamic and ambitious company you can thrive in, then get in touch!