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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.\nAbove 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.\nWHAT WE’LL NEED\nThe Staff Engineer - Data is responsible for the architecture, integrity, and scalability of the data ecosystem that powers a high-volume, consumer-facing digital platform supporting billions in annual transaction volume. This role owns the design and operation of data systems spanning transactional databases, real-time data streams, and analytical platforms.\nThis engineer leads the evolution of a cloud-native data architecture on AWS, including relational data stores (Aurora PostgreSQL), in-memory systems (Redis), streaming/event-driven pipelines, and downstream analytics platforms such as Snowflake and behavioral/observability tools. The role ensures data consistency, availability, and performance across operational and analytical use cases.\nThe Staff Engineer defines data standards, governance, and access patterns that enable reliable, real-time decision-making across engineering, product, and business teams. They are accountable for the reliability, observability, and performance of data systems in production, including incident response and long-term resilience.\nThis role operates at high scale and complexity, requiring deep expertise in distributed data systems, high-throughput event processing, and the challenges of maintaining data integrity across multiple platforms. The Staff Engineer partners cross-functionally to align data architecture with business strategy and unlock actionable insights from across the ecosystem.\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED\nOwn the architecture and evolution of the data platform across transactional, streaming, and analytical systems \nDesign and operate scalable data systems on AWS, including Aurora PostgreSQL, Redis, and event-driven pipelines \nBuild and optimize data flows between operational systems and analytics platforms (e.g., Snowflake, observability and product analytics tools) \nEnsure data integrity, consistency, and availability across distributed systems \nDesign for high-throughput, low-latency data processing supporting real-time and near-real-time use cases \nEstablish data modeling standards, governance practices, and access patterns across the organization \nDrive improvements in data observability, monitoring, and incident response \nPartner with DevOps, product, and business teams to translate data needs into scalable technical solutions \nLead complex initiatives such as data correlation across systems, unified event models, and cross-platform insights \nIdentify and resolve bottlenecks, scaling challenges, and data quality issues \nMentor engineers and elevate data engineering practices across the organization\nWHO YOU ARE\nNo 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.\nYou 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.\nYou 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.\nYou 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.\nYou 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.\nBENEFITS\nFLAVOR PERKS:\nUnlimited paid time off for exempt employees\n\nOne paid volunteer day of your choice\n\nCompetitive bonus structure for eligible roles\n\nTeam member stock purchase plan\n\nHealth savings or flexible spending account options\n\n401k - (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)\n\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits\n\nBasic life and AD&D insurance provided\n\nPet insurance\n\nEducation Assistance\n\nWellness reimbursement program\n\nPaid maternity and paternity leave\n\nFUN IS THE BEST FLAVOR:\nLunch provided every Tuesday and Thursday in office\n\nDiscount on Wingstop gift cards\n\nOnsite game room\n\nWingstop 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5982,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Education assistance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Business Development"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T00:23:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":19,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.672,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":145,"expected_fill_days":63,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-07T05:47:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-08T01:47:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3145,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1855,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1757782},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1757782"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwingstop-restaurants-inc-staff-engineer-data"}]}