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Senior Backend Software Engineer

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In-Office or Remote
2 Locations
134K-214K Annually
In-Office or Remote
2 Locations
134K-214K Annually

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Who We Are

Toast is a best-in-class restaurant platform that helps restaurant owners and managers adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. Having built this widely loved platform over the last decade, we believe that we can leverage our strong positioning to create a restaurant-friendly consumer network.

The Consumer Ordering team at Toast is all about creating exceptional consumer experiences for restaurants and their guests. We’re product-obsessed, focused on innovation, and committed to building scalable, reliable solutions that are used by millions of restaurant-goers every day. If you’re ready to make an impact on a massive scale, this is the place for you.

Bready* to make a change?

To this end, Toast is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to take responsibility for building new, innovative solutions to expand how Guests interact with our consumer-facing digital dining product (Local by Toast) within the Consumer product group. You will be on a team of frontend, backend, and native mobile developers, working to build the best digital restaurant experience for Consumers.

About this roll* (Responsibilities)

In this role, you'll get to work on a wide variety of projects, using your technical chops to influence not just the code, but also product and business strategies. This is a golden opportunity for a hands-on, entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in a modern tech stack environment and loves solving real-world problems through technology. You’ll run experiments, iterate quickly, and have a strong voice in shaping the future of app experiences here at Toast. Here’s what you’ll be doing:

  • Be part of a team working collaboratively with Design, Product and other engineers
  • Flex your backend muscles with challenging end-to-end tasks in a supportive, collaborative team environment
  • Ship code that has a massive impact on the growth and strategy of Toast
  • Experiment directly with Guests and Restaurants to test new dining experiences
  • Champion best practices for development, deployment and quality life-cycles
  • Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

  • 6+ years of experience with object-oriented languages, specifically Java/Kotlin
  • Experienced with databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) including schema design and optimization.
  • In-depth understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and enterprise messaging.
  • Familiar with asynchronous communication tools (e.g., Pulsar, JMS, Kafka).
  • Proven track record of delivering reliable services to production.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
  • A passion for technology and continuous learning.
  • Enthusiasm for solving impactful challenges and writing clean, scalable code.
  • A focus on both personal and team growth, balancing task completion with platform stability.
  • The capacity to tackle complex and ambiguous problems, communicate clearly with others to solve the problem, and share knowledge to help the whole team succeed
  • Exposure to distributed systems is a plus
  • Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
  • Experience working in a team with Agile/Scrum methodology

AI at Toast
At Toast 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.


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).

Pay Range
$134,000$214,000 USD

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.

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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HQ

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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