Staff Software Engineer
Toast
Skill Required
Key highlights
- Required experience: 10-14 years in Java or Kotlin at a reputed product/relevant domain company
- Key requirement: High proficiency in Java or Kotlin with experience of API principals (e.g. REST)
- Notable benefit: Hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs
- Key benefit: Total rewards package providing competitive compensation and a healthy lifestyle with flexibility to meet changing needs
Role overview
Toast is driven by building the all-in-one restaurant platform that helps restaurants operate their business, increase sales, engage guests, and keep employees happy. Toast connects employees, operations, and guests on a reliable, easy-to-use platform so restaurateurs can stay one step ahead of a rapidly evolving hospitality market. The mission of the International APAC team is to delight global customers with the wide variety of Toast products. This is a relatively new team and an opportunity to help lead Toast on its journey of international expansion. As a Staff Software Engineer on the International team, the focus is on building products with a Global first mindset, working closely with UX/PM and customers to deliver the most value that fits customers' market and culture.
Responsibilities
- Build new products and evolve Toast's existing products suite to meet global market needs
- Be part of a team working collaboratively with UX, PM and other engineers building applications using modern web technologies
- Work closely with pilot customers to ensure successful delivery and operation
- Collaborate with teams across Toast, such as R&D, customer support and new customer onboarding
- Lead projects from discovery and development to roll out
- Mentor and coach other team members
- Promote technical excellence
- Guiding project direction, making technical decisions, and providing technical expertise to the team
- Performing thorough code reviews to maintain quality standards and identify potential issues
- Assessing project scope, estimation and impact analysis
Requirements
- High proficiency in Java or Kotlin (experience of 10-14 years in reputed product / relevant domain company)
- Experience of API principals e.g REST
- Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
- Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
- Ability to embrace an agile mindset focused on delivering usable software
- Adaptable to work in changing environments
Nice to have
- Full Stack experience
- Experience with localisation and internationalization frameworks
- Experience in Hotel or Restaurant business domain
- Exposure to payments and integrations
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to attract, retain, and motivate top talent
- Total rewards package that goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet changing needs
- More information available at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits
- Hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs, with a strong culture of connection
- Commitment to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process with reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (contact candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com)
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion embedded into company culture
Additional details
- Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy
- Tech stack: A core of Java & Kotlin based backend services; React SPAs leveraging Tailwind, GraphQL and Storybook; Android app built in Java & Kotlin running in the restaurant; PostgreSQL and Dynamodb as core persistence; Pulsar, Camel and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations; and many more technologies
- AI at Toast: One of Toast's company values is being hungry to build and learn; the company believes learning new AI tools empowers building for customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality, and provides these tools across all disciplines from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support
- How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process: AI tools support recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews; all hiring decisions are made by people; more info at https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring
- Hybrid work expectations vary by region; see https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast for in-office expectations by region
- For roles in the United States, it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment; an employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability