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Design restaurant shift scheduling

Last updated: Mar 29, 2026

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This question evaluates skills in data modeling, backend system architecture, API design, scalability engineering, and consistency management for a multi-restaurant workforce scheduling service.

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Design restaurant shift scheduling

Company: Affirm

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Design the backend for a restaurant workforce scheduling system. A company operates many restaurants. Each restaurant has employees and managers. Every week, a manager prepares the schedule for the following week and must publish the final version by Friday. Design a system that supports: - modeling companies, restaurants, employees, and managers - creating and editing a weekly schedule for a restaurant - assigning employees to shifts - publishing the schedule so employees can view the official version - handling many restaurants and growing traffic over time Focus especially on the data model, but also explain the high-level architecture, key APIs, scalability considerations, and how you would keep schedule data consistent.

Quick Answer: This question evaluates skills in data modeling, backend system architecture, API design, scalability engineering, and consistency management for a multi-restaurant workforce scheduling service.

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Design the backend for a restaurant workforce scheduling system.

A company operates many restaurants. Each restaurant has employees and managers. Every week, a manager prepares the schedule for the following week and must publish the final version by Friday.

Design a system that supports:

  • modeling companies, restaurants, employees, and managers
  • creating and editing a weekly schedule for a restaurant
  • assigning employees to shifts
  • publishing the schedule so employees can view the official version
  • handling many restaurants and growing traffic over time

Focus especially on the data model, but also explain the high-level architecture, key APIs, scalability considerations, and how you would keep schedule data consistent.

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