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.
The Toast Delivery Services team enables restaurants to build thriving, profitable first party delivery channels while growing Toast's consumer business. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling seamless integrations with third-party delivery providers, helping restaurants offer direct delivery through Toast’s Online Ordering channels. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact service focused on optimizing experiences for our restaurants and the customers who order from them.
A day in the life (Responsibilities)
We are looking for a visionary engineer who is motivated by these challenges and eager to transform our first and third-party delivery architecture to meet the dynamic needs of our customers and our rapidly growing business. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Toast Delivery Services team, you will take ownership of this essential function, making strategic technical decisions that enhance our capabilities and ensure scalability. You will have the opportunity to make a huge impact in a critical space. Your leadership will drive excellence within the team and influence our broader engineering community, setting new standards and contributing to our collective success.
- Lead the evolution of our Delivery architecture and data models, delivering scalable solutions that have significant business impact.
- Define and implement frameworks and processes that guarantee the quality, resilience, and scalability of our user experiences
- Develop and execute technical strategies to solve complex business challenges, leveraging data-driven decisions to prioritize impactful changes
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity, and engineering excellence.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business, aligning technical solutions with strategic objectives.
What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)
- Proven track record of technical leadership and collaboration on complex projects
- Hands-on experience building backend applications using Java, Kotlin, Scala, or other object oriented language(s)
- Deep understanding of distributed event-driven systems; Familiarity with DynamoDB not required but a plus
- Passionate about solving complex problems and delivering impactful, scalable solutions
- Respectful, empathetic, and humble
- Has a growth mindset with an emphasis on improving yourself and your team
- Balances getting things done with platform stability
AI at Toast
At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible), benefits, and equity (if eligible).
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.
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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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Toast Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Toast’s headquarters is located in the heart of the Seaport District. Toasters are surrounded by art, culture, and delicious cuisine in one of the most bustling neighborhoods in Boston.
Early Careers
Toast's Early Careers program is designed to launch students' careers by integrating them into the company's vibrant culture and impactful work. Interns and co-ops are treated as full-time Toasters from day one, given meaningful projects, and provided with mentorship from industry professionals. The program emphasizes hands-on learning, collaboration across teams, and the autonomy for students to develop and showcase their skills, supported by consistent feedback. Toast offers opportunities across various departments, including technical roles like Software Engineering and Data Science, as well as non-technical roles such as Human Resources and People Operations.
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