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Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Guest

Toast

Bengaluru, Karnataka ,IndiaPosted 1 month ago
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Skill Required

R & D : Engineering : GuestFull Stack DeveloperSoftware EngineerSoftware DeveloperSystem DesignEngineeringObservabilitybuildingTestNGKotlindesignCloudJavaAPIsAWSAI

Key highlights

  • Required experience: 8-12 years building backend services and APIs
  • Must have extensive experience with Java or Kotlin and building cloud-native systems on AWS
  • Hybrid work model with in-person collaboration valued
  • AI tools provided across all disciplines to empower faster, higher-quality work
  • Role involves leading complex projects and influencing technical direction across multiple teams
  • Focused on AI-powered tools and experiences for restaurant Guest engagement, retention, and growth

Role overview

Toast is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to work within their Guest team, focused on building impactful capabilities that empower restaurants to drive Guest engagement, retention, and growth — increasingly through AI-powered tools and experiences that drive automation, personalization, and smarter decision-making. The role is a key part of a high-impact, high-ownership engineering team solving complex challenges in a fast-moving product space, balancing technical excellence with a strong product mindset.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features
  • Lead complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers and partners
  • Partner with a wide array of teams across Toast
  • Ensure quality by building automated testing for changes
  • Roll features out to customers and partners, including monitoring for success
  • Collaborate with UX and PM on the definition and design of features
  • Mentor and coach other engineers

Requirements

  • 8-12 years experience building backend services and APIs
  • Extensive experience working with an Object Oriented Language like Java or Kotlin, with a deep understanding of testing, quality, and best practices
  • Experience shipping production services and balancing getting things done with platform stability and reliability
  • Experience building backend services and APIs and scaling distributed systems
  • Focused on delivering positive impact for Toast customers
  • Enjoys working in a team environment with a shared code-base
  • Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics
  • Experience building cloud-native systems on AWS
  • Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to attract, retain, and motivate top talent
  • Total rewards package that supports a healthy lifestyle with flexibility to meet changing needs
  • Hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs
  • Reasonable accommodations provided for persons with disabilities to enable access to the hiring process (contact candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com)
  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion embedded in culture and design
  • Access to AI tools across all disciplines to build faster, more independently, and with higher quality
  • More information available at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits

Additional details

  • Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love
  • The technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people, and increasingly shaped by AI in both what we build and how we build
  • The team will help shape the future of how restaurants use technology to connect with their guests — increasingly through AI-powered tools and experiences that drive automation, personalization, and smarter decision-making
  • Your engineering leadership will balance technical excellence alongside a strong product mindset to solve for continuous growth within both the team and the product space
  • At Toast, one of the company values is being hungry to build and learn — they believe learning new AI tools empowers them to build for customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality
  • AI tools are provided across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support
  • Throughout the hiring process, AI tools are used to support recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews; all hiring decisions are made by people
  • More information about AI in hiring: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring
  • Toast's goal with hybrid work is to build a strong culture of connection as they work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location
  • More information about in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
  • The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and Toast embraces that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility
  • More information about how Toast works globally and regionally: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
  • Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process
  • 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
  • Job title: Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Guest team
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