Job Description
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
The Staff Engineer – Angular is a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, performance, and reliability of consumer-facing web applications that support a high-volume, multi-billion-dollar digital commerce platform. This role operates at enterprise scale, designing and owning front-end systems that serve millions of users and directly impact revenue, conversion, and brand experience.
This engineer leads the evolution of modern web architecture across a distributed microservices ecosystem on AWS, ensuring high availability, sub-100ms performance expectations, and seamless integration with backend services. They establish engineering standards, influence cross-functional technical strategy, and drive complex problem-solving in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
This role carries accountability for front-end system health, observability, and production readiness, including incident response and continuous improvement of reliability and scalability. The Staff Engineer partners closely with product, design, and backend engineering to translate business objectives into performant, resilient, and scalable user experiences.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- Own the architecture and performance of large-scale Angular applications serving millions of consumers
- Design and implement scalable front-end systems integrated with distributed backend services on AWS (CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, etc.)
- Drive technical decisions that impact user experience, conversion, and system reliability at scale
- Establish and enforce front-end engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams
- Lead complex architectural initiatives such as performance optimization, state management strategies, and modular design systems
- Partner with product, UX, and backend teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Optimize applications for speed, scalability, accessibility, and maintainability
- Own observability, monitoring, and incident response for front-end systems in production
- Mentor engineers and elevate overall team capability through technical leadership and coaching
- Identify and solve ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges in a high-throughput transactional environment
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.