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What you'll doWhen our square shaped burgers made their first sizzle on the scene more than 50 years ago, people knew our approach wasn’t like any other. Same goes for the way we support our employees. Our culture of openness, flexibility, and inclusiveness allows everybody to flourish in their own way. If you’re looking for a career where you can be part of the action as we continue to grow our iconic brand – We got you! 

Wendy’s is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Digital Engineering team. This role will be involved in all phases of our cloud native application and service release lifecycle. Platform Engineers are responsible for design, implementation, and ongoing support of the production services, applications and cloud platform components that comprise our backend. In this role you will leverage your technical skills in systems management, cloud native software development and database skills to provide best-practices guidance and tier-3 support for the digital footprint at a great company.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with operations and software engineering teams to design and implement scalable and high-performance solutions for our cloud platform as a service and internal management tools.
• Define monitoring requirements and implement automated incident resolution solutions.
• Ensure engineering best practices are followed (unit and functional testing, code reviews, CI, design documentation and review, etc.)
• Design, implement, and manage a highly scalable, observable, and automated cloud platform for running various workloads and applications.
• Identify areas for process and efficiency improvement within Platform Services Operations; recommend solutions and assist in overseeing implementation. Actively facilitate continuous improvement.

Pay Range: $93,000.00 - $158,000.00 Annually

What we expect from you

• Education: Bachelors Degree, preferably in Computer Science or Management Information Systems OR 6 years equivalent experience
• 5+ years of platform, cloud, or software engineering experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Skilled at communicating effectively and empathetically with technical and non-technical users
• Experience working on an Agile/Kanban team
• Comprehensive understanding of SDLC
• QSR experience a plus
• Google Cloud Platform experience a plus
• Kubernetes administration experience a plus

Expected Work Location (Remote): It is expected that you will primarily perform work remotely. You may be asked to travel, as needed, to the Wendy's Restaurant Support Center (RSC) (1 Dave Thomas Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017), or to other location(s) as designated by the Company. Changes to work location arrangements are subject to managerial approval and business needs. #LI-Remote 

Wendy’s was built on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe®," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand. 

The base pay range for this position is listed below. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and budget for the open position and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other relevant factors. This range does not include an estimated value for any benefits, bonus, or other incentives that may be applicable based on position. The target annual bonus for this role is 10% of annualized base salary, based on actual company and personal performance. 

Our square burgers make us different and so do our benefits! Our restaurant support roles are eligible for a wide array of benefits, including things such as parental leave, free EAP sessions, company 401k match and other great offerings. For more details about our benefits, including an overview of eligibility and terms for certain benefits, please visit our benefits website, www.wendysbenefits.com. 

NOTE: Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives are governed by the applicable legal plans and policies and, where appropriate, may be subject to Board approval an individual award agreement terms. Those documents supersede all other information regarding Wendy’s benefits, bonus, and other incentives. Wendy’s retains the right to amend or terminate its plans and policies at its sole discretion, in accordance with applicable plans, policies and laws. 

Wendy's is an equal employment opportunity employer who may provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.