Manager, Engineering Tech Lead

McDonald’s Corporation

Actively hiring
Chicago, IL Posted 13 days ago $127,332–$159,165 / year
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TL;DR

The Manager, Engineering – Menu Service & Model Context Gateway (MCP) leads a team of engineers responsible for designing and operating the Menu Service and MCP, ensuring real-time, accurate menu data is available to AI and ordering systems. This role involves contributing to scalable architecture, overseeing data ingestion and transformation, and managing migrations from legacy systems to an event-driven API-first model. The manager will build and mentor a high-performing engineering team, manage product delivery, and engage with stakeholders for seamless integration with external partners. Key skills include experience in software engineering, data modeling, API design, cloud-native architectures, and architectural modernization. Preferred qualifications involve menu data expertise, QSR or retail platforms, conversational AI systems, event-driven architectures, real-time data pipelines, and LLM/AI integration.

Skills

Python Java Kubernetes AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB Event-Driven Architecture API Design Cloud-Native Architectures LLM/AI Integration Data Modeling Terraform Git Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Lead the end-to-end development and operation of Menu Service and Model Context Gateway.
  • Ensure real-time, canonical menu data availability for AI and ordering systems.
  • Manage migration from legacy menu logic to a standardized, event-driven architecture.
  • Oversee ingestion, transformation, and publication of accurate and timely menu data.
  • Mentor and build a high-performing engineering team focused on innovation.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with progressive leadership roles.
  • 2+ years leading teams delivering data services or APIs at scale.
  • Strong expertise in data modeling, API design, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Proven ability to manage migrations and contribute to architectural modernization.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills for stakeholder management.
  • Experience with menu data, QSR platforms, retail systems, or conversational AI preferred.

Market check

Salary context

This $127,332–$159,165 range sits above 13% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$148,300–$230,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$161,590–$224,375

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About McDonald’s Corporation

McDonald’s Corporation is the world's largest fast-food chain by revenue, operating over 40,000 locations in more than 100 countries.

McDonald’s Corporation currently has 60 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,207–$172,758 across 57 roles with salary data.

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