About this role
At KFC, we pride ourselves on being original. We even named our recipe after it. But for us, the answer to the question is simple. Be You. Everyone at KFC is different. Unique. It’s what makes us special - Our people, The Originals. And we welcome you to join us. Bring your individuality to the table. Bring your grit and energy. Bring your spirit. Your story. Your drive and your passion. Bring it. Every piece of you. Even the parts you don’t like. Because we value our people no matter what. We’ll feed your potential and we’ll support you; to be your best self, to make a difference, and have fun. Together, we can be part of something truly extraordinary. All you have to do, is Bring it.
This role requires you to owns the solution design and architecture standards that power KFC Africa’s digital ecosystem. Aligns to the Digital & Technology (D+T) strategy and global standards to ensure solutions are secure, reliable, scalable, cost‑effective, and future‑fit across channels (App, Web, Kiosk, WhatsApp, Aggregators) and back‑end platforms (point of sale, customer relationship management, loyalty, payments, data and analytics, customer data platform). Translates the future architecture roadmap into actionable reference architectures, patterns, and reviews so squads and vendors can deliver on‑standard and on‑time
Qualifications:
•Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience:
•7–10+ years in solution/enterprise/application architecture for consumer digital or e‑commerce; multi‑market experience preferred.
•Strong grounding in cloud architectures (for example, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud), networking, security, and integration patterns (representational state transfer/gRPC, event streaming, messaging).
•Demonstrated leadership on non‑functional requirements (security, privacy, performance, availability, observability) and design for reliability.
•Experience with data contracts, event schemas, identity/consent, analytics and customer data platform activation.
•Ability to produce clear architecture artefacts (diagrams, decision records, standards) and guide vendors to comply.