Senior Data Engineer

WHO WE ARE

We’re not in the wing business. We’re in the flavor business. It’s been our mission to Serve the World Flavor since we first opened in 1994, and we’re just getting started. 1997 saw the opening of our first brand partner operated Wingstop location, and by 2002 we had served the world one billion wings. It’s flavor that defines us and has made Wingstop one of the fastest growing brands in the restaurant industry.

Above all else – our success is largely due to our people and our core values, or what we call The Wingstop Way of being entrepreneurial, service-minded, fun, and authentic. We believe having a strong people foundation centered on these collective values creates a crave-worthy culture and talented team, as well as ensures our brand is poised for accelerated growth. We all win together.

WHAT WE’LL NEED

Wingstop is seeking a Senior Engineer - Data to strengthen the enterprise data foundation that powers analytics and AI. You will design and build the pipelines, models, and platform capabilities that make Wingstop’s data reliable, timely, and usable at scale. This role is hands-on and technical, and carries real influence over architecture, standards, and how the broader data team works. You will partner closely with BI, Applied AI, and Enterprise Technology to ensure data is production-grade before it is consumed. This role is based at the Global Support Center in Dallas, TX.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable batch and streaming data pipelines

• Develop and maintain dimensional and analytical data models that serve BI and AI use cases

• Lead architecture and design decisions across ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving layers

• Establish and enforce engineering standards — code review, testing, CI/CD, and documentation

• Build data quality, observability, and lineage into pipelines by default

• Integrate data from POS, digital ordering, loyalty, supply chain, finance, and third-party sources

• Optimize platform performance and cost across compute and storage

• Partner with Applied AI and data science to deliver production feature pipelines and model-ready datasets

• Mentor data engineers and raise the technical bar across the team

• Contribute to data governance, security, and access control practices

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Certifications

• AWS, Snowflake, or Databricks certifications are a plus

Tools & Technical Experience

• 7+ years of data engineering experience building production pipelines at scale

• Expert SQL and strong Python

• Deep experience with cloud data platforms Snowflake, Databricks, or Redshift

• Experience with dbt or a comparable transformation framework

• Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster

• Streaming experience (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar) preferred

• Strong data modeling skills — dimensional, star schema, and modern analytical patterns

• AWS or comparable cloud; infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform) is a plus

• CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and automated testing for data

• Experience with data quality and observability tooling

• Restaurant, retail, or multi-unit consumer data experience is a plus

People Skills

• Explains technical tradeoffs clearly to non-technical partners

• Mentors without gatekeeping

• High standards for reliability and accuracy

• Proactive about finding and fixing problems before consumers do

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management

WHO YOU ARE 

No job is too small. You recognize that the real work happens in the restaurants, and everything we do should support their success. You stay humble, roll up your sleeves, and always look for ways to help. You learn from others and contribute wherever you can.

You care deeply about doing great work and driving results. You’re curious, ask questions, and seek out opportunities to improve. You don’t just point out problems—you bring solutions, ideas, and perspectives that move the team forward.

You take full responsibility for your work and see things through to completion. You aren’t afraid to fail because you know that failure is a part of learning and growth. You take action, move fast, and keep pushing forward.

You lead with empathy, respect, and emotional intelligence. You collaborate effectively, fostering a culture of trust and constructive feedback. You understand the importance of teamwork and ensure that your actions build others up rather than break them down.

You push yourself and others to be better. You embrace healthy conflict, knowing that great ideas and strong teams emerge from honest, constructive conversations. You believe that leaders create leaders and are committed to fostering a culture of growth, challenge, and continuous improvement.

BENEFITS

FLAVOR PERKS:

• Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees

• One paid volunteer day of your choice

• Competitive bonus structure for eligible roles

• Team member stock purchase plan

• Health savings or flexible spending account options

• 401k – (dollar for dollar on the first 3% and then 50 cents on the dollar for the next 2% for team member contributions up to 5% of eligible compensation)

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

• Basic life and AD&D insurance provided

• Pet insurance

• Education Assistance

• Wellness reimbursement program

• Paid maternity and paternity leave

FUN IS THE BEST FLAVOR:

• Lunch provided every Tuesday and Thursday in office

• Discount on Wingstop gift cards

• Onsite game room

Wingstop provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.