Toast
We power successful restaurants.
Boston, MA
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Chief Architect, Fintech

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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.

Your mission is to drive architecture and technical strategy for Toast's FinTech line of business. You will be the most senior technologist in this line of business, accountable for a payments platform processing many tens of billions of dollars per year. This is a mission-critical system on which our restaurant's rely for their livelihood, so reliability and scalability are paramount. Beyond core payment processing, your scope will also include Toast's rapidly expanding FinTech product suite, including Toast Capital and other significant products under active development. This position is part of the FinTech leadership team. It does not require people management.

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

  • Develop and drive an architectural vision to support the continued aggressive growth of Toast and our FinTech product suite
  • Be an active participant and the authoritative technical voice in FinTech product strategy discussions
  • Partner with the FinTech VP of Engineering and VP of Product to successfully deliver FinTech products from design to production
  • Work closely with Toast's CTO, Chief Architect and technical leads for the 3 other Toast LOBs to advance the overall architecture at Toast, finding the right mix between centralized consistency and LOB independence
  • Build relationships with and work with key Toast technology partners such as credit card acquirers
  • Mentor and develop technical leadership across FinTech


Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements) 

  • 15+ years experience designing and building highly scalable, mission-critical distributed software systems
  • 10+ years experience building and operating SaaS products, ideally AWS hosted
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architectural vision for a company or highly scalable line of products
  • A desire to work not only with technologists but also product owners and business leaders
  • Ability and desire to draw big lines and boxes on a whiteboard with the ability to dig in and understand the ebb and flow of what the code is doing under load
  • Ability and desire to communicate and influence at the executive level

Special Sauce* (Nonessential Ingredients)

  • Expertise in designing data models on NoSql databases and DynamoDB
  • Experience with enterprise integration using Apache Camel
  • Experience architecting event-driven distributed systems using Apache Pulsar
  • Experience defining test, build and deploy strategies across POS hardware, SaaS environments and the external payments ecosystem 
  • Significant experience in FinTech and specifically the card processing industry
  • Experience integrating with banking systems and protocols
  • Solid understanding of financial system security requirements and standards compliance
  • Solid understanding of accounting principles and double entry ledger

Our Spread* of Total Rewards

  • Unlimited Vacation
  • Sabbatical opportunity after five years
  • 401(k) and matching
  • Medical, dental, & vision coverage
  • Mental Health Benefits
  • 100% paid childbirth recovery medical leave
  • 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave
  • Eligibility for 100% paid medical or family leave
  • Subsidized backup childcare
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Home office and telecommunications stipends
  • Free access to Certified Financial Planners
  • Commitment to Employee Wellness through resources such as a quarterly Wellness Stipend
  • Various peer and company recognition programs

*Bread puns encouraged but not required


We are Toasters

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success.

At Toast our employees are our secret ingredient. When they are powered to succeed, Toast succeeds.

The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse industries. We embrace and are excited by this diversity, believing that only through authenticity, inclusivity, high standards of respect and trust, and leading with humility will we be able to achieve our goals.

Baking inclusive principles into our company and diversity into our design provides equitable opportunities for all and enhances our ability to be first in class in all aspects of our industry.

Bready* to make a change? Apply today!

Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

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What are Toast Perks + Benefits

Toast Benefits Overview

Toast strives to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total reward package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet our employees’ changing needs.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
We have 14 employee resource groups, known as Toast Communities, dedicated to empowering employees.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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