Senior POS Engineer / Technical Lead

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
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Skills

  • Customer Experience
  • Hospitality
  • Roadmaps
  • Payments
  • Scalability
  • IT Management
  • Mentorship
  • API
  • Technical Drafting
  • Business Operations
  • Collaboration
  • Point Of Sale
  • Java
  • Spring Framework
  • SQL
  • Database
  • Software Architecture
  • Agile
  • Git
  • Version Control
  • Google Cloud
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • NCR
  • Oracle
  • Retail
  • Payment Systems
  • System Integration

Summary

Job Title: Senior POS Engineer / Technical Lead
Employment: Contract to Hire
Location: Chicago, IL - Remote

Why This Role Exists
Global Client is supporting a large-scale restaurant modernization initiative for a global quick-service restaurant (QSR) organization. The team requires experienced POS Engineers and Technical Leads who can help modernize restaurant technology platforms, improve customer experience, and accelerate delivery across digital ordering, payments, and restaurant operations.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical leadership and experience supporting Point-of-Sale (POS) environments in retail, hospitality, or restaurant ecosystems.

First 30 Days
  • Learn the current restaurant technology ecosystem
  • Understand POS architecture, integrations, and modernization roadmap
  • Establish relationships with development, product, and business stakeholders

Within 60 Days
  • Contribute to POS application enhancements and modernization initiatives
  • Support integration efforts across ordering, payments, loyalty, and restaurant systems
  • Identify technical debt and opportunities for performance improvements

Within 90 Days
  • Deliver production-ready enhancements
  • Improve system stability, scalability, and maintainability
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and support restaurant POS applications
  • Modernize legacy restaurant technology platforms
  • Build and support API integrations
  • Support ordering, payment, loyalty, kiosk, and digital commerce systems
  • Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews
  • Troubleshoot production issues and support critical business operations
  • Collaborate with business, product, and operations teams

Technical Requirements
Required
  • POS system experience
  • Java and/or Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • SQL databases
  • Distributed application architecture
  • Agile delivery experience
  • Git-based source control

Preferred
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Event-driven architecture
  • Retail or restaurant technology experience
  • NCR, Oracle MICROS, PAR, Toast, or similar platforms

Ideal Candidate Background
  • QSR or restaurant technology
  • Retail commerce platforms
  • Restaurant modernization initiatives
  • Payment systems
  • Ordering systems
  • Kiosk technologies
  • Store systems integration

This Role Is NOT
  • A support-only role
  • A project coordinator role
  • An architecture-only role
We need a hands-on engineer who can lead, build, and deliver.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10441471
  • Position Id: f14bfb1dbc2b12a56309a29eddfc43e6
  • Posted 30+ days ago
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