Frontend Software Engineer (Flutter)

Frontend Software Engineer (Flutter) - Nando's Point of Sale & Kitchen Management System

Overall Ambition

Solve some of today's most complex hospitality challenges by creating innovative, scalable technology using a modern, open technology stack. Help shape the future of Nando's at-counter customer and employee experience by building high-quality frontend applications used across our global restaurant estate.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to join our passionate, lean, agile, fast-growing and evolving technology team on a permanent basis.

You'll be an engineer who enjoys solving challenging technical problems, building high-quality user experiences and continuously improving how software is delivered. You'll thrive working in a collaborative environment where ownership, curiosity and continuous learning are encouraged.

Living the Nando's Values

As a Nandoca, you'll embody the values that make Nando's unique.

Pride - Take ownership of your work, hold yourself to high standards and care deeply about delivering quality outcomes.

Passion - Bring energy, curiosity and enthusiasm to solving problems and creating exceptional customer experiences.

Courage - Challenge the status quo, embrace change and make informed decisions, even when faced with uncertainty.

Integrity - Act with honesty, transparency and accountability in everything you do.

Family - Collaborate openly, support your teammates and contribute to an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

These values shape how we work together, make decisions and build technology that moves Nando's forward.

The Role

As a Frontend Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, deploy and maintain modern user interfaces using Flutter and Dart across both desktop and mobile platforms.

Working closely with Technical Leads, Product Managers, Designers and Backend Engineers, you'll help deliver intuitive, performant and resilient applications that power our Point of Sale and Kitchen Management platforms.

You'll enjoy solving complex engineering problems while expanding your technical expertise across modern frontend technologies. We'll continue investing in your growth through training, conferences and opportunities to progress your career as our engineering organisation continues to scale.

You'll be comfortable owning frontend features from design through to production, working independently on complex UI development while collaborating closely with your teammates through pairing, design discussions and code reviews.

You'll also contribute to our frontend build and release pipelines, helping optimise application performance, improve developer experience and ensure highly reliable deployments.

As part of the engineering team, you'll champion best practices, modern development patterns and continuous improvement while remaining hands-on in delivering high-quality software every day.

About the Point of Sale & Kitchen Management Team

Our mission is to transform the at-counter experience for both Customers and Nandocas across the globe by replacing legacy Point of Sale providers with a best-in-class, Nando's-built platform.

This is a largely greenfield programme that will become the core of Nando's ordering technology, building upon our successful digital ordering and kitchen management platforms.

Although based in the UK, the platform supports restaurants globally across the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA, providing exciting engineering challenges around localisation, configurability and regional requirements.

The Point of Sale application delivers the assisted ordering experience, providing opportunities to build highly responsive, state-driven interfaces that integrate seamlessly with menus, payments and ordering systems. Reliability is critical, with features such as offline capability ensuring restaurants can continue trading even when connectivity is limited.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers and technical leads across multiple disciplines.
• Pair regularly with teammates and contribute to improving engineering practices and team ways of working.
• Contribute technical input towards backlog refinement, solution design and estimation.
• Design and build modern Flutter applications using Dart across desktop and mobile platforms.
• Develop comprehensive automated test coverage including Unit, Widget and Integration tests.
• Maintain production applications, ensuring excellent monitoring, observability and crash reporting.
• Build and maintain robust frontend CI/CD pipelines and support troubleshooting of build and release issues.
• Optimise application performance, responsiveness and user experience.
• Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Continuously improve the quality, maintainability and scalability of our frontend applications.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Commercial experience developing applications using Flutter and Dart.
• Strong understanding of Flutter architecture, state management and responsive UI development.
• Experience consuming REST and/or gRPC APIs.
• Experience writing automated Unit, Widget and Integration tests.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, clean architecture and maintainable code.
• Experience working within Agile software development teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Passion for building exceptional customer experiences.
• Enthusiasm for embracing AI-assisted development as part of the engineering workflow.

Desirable

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience working with SQL or SQLite databases.
• Experience deploying applications to edge devices.
• Knowledge of Backend for Frontend (BFF) architectural patterns.
• Exposure to backend development using Golang or Rust.
• Experience developing for Windows and/or Android platforms.
• Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Experience discussing technical solutions with stakeholders and third-party partners.

Everyone is Welcome

At Nando's, everyone is welcome.

Inspired by our Southern African heritage, we know and value the richness that diversity brings to Nando's.

We're committed to creating an inclusive and respectful culture for all; including our existing and future Nandocas, partners and suppliers, customers and the communities we are part of.

We deliberately work hard to create an environment where every individual is valued, respected and can flourish regardless of who they are, their background or outlook on life.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of individuals and will consider any reasonable adjustments to enable candidates to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process.