Manager, Tech Platform Management

McDonald’s Corporation

Actively hiring
Chicago, IL Posted 173 days ago $127,332–$159,165 / year
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TL;DR

As a Data Platform Engineer at our company, you will join a dynamic engineering team to design and implement scalable data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), focusing on delivering robust data pipelines and platform services for analytics and AI workloads. Your daily tasks include building secure and cost-effective GCP-based solutions, enhancing data integration patterns with ETL/ELT frameworks like dbt and Kafka, and supporting the implementation of features that enable emerging AI technologies such as GenAI and LLMs. You will collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and DevOps teams to ensure cohesive delivery across platform layers while adhering to governance, security, and compliance standards. Required skills include hands-on experience with GCP data services like BigQuery and Dataflow, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and containerized workloads, along with a strong background in cloud engineering and data platform design.

Skills

GCP BigQuery Dataflow Pub/Sub GCS Cloud Run GKE dbt Kafka CI/CD Terraform AWS Databricks Vertex AI Cloud Composer Airflow Observability GenAI LLM Agentic AI

What you'll do

  • Design and implement scalable, secure GCP-based data platform components.
  • Build and enhance data pipelines using ETL/ELT, event streaming technologies.
  • Implement platform features enabling emerging AI technologies like GenAI and LLMs.
  • Ensure data pipelines are performant, well-tested, reliable, and aligned to standards.
  • Support governance, security, and compliance for platform components.

What we're looking for

  • 3-5 years of experience in data platform engineering with hands-on GCP delivery.
  • Strong expertise in ETL/ELT, event streaming, and real-time processing frameworks.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD, Terraform, automated testing, and containerized workloads.
  • Knowledge of data governance, security controls, and cloud compliance requirements.
  • Hands-on skills with core GCP data services including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub.
  • Familiarity with emerging AI concepts for platform automation and operational efficiency.

Market check

Salary context

This $127,332–$159,165 range sits above 10% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$159,500–$235,200

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$224,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 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 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,207–$172,758 across 62 roles with salary data.

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