Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Summary

Join Toast as a Staff Software Engineer and lead a team in enhancing our Team Management Platform APIs. You will design and build APIs, manage customer experience migrations, and influence product direction through technical insights. This role requires proficiency in Java/Kotlin, experience with distributed systems, and excellent communication skills. You will mentor team members and ensure high-quality, reliable service delivery. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including cash compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits program.

Requirements

• Proficient in Java, Kotlin or other object oriented languages
• Proficient with traditional databases and alternative data stores (DynamoDB a plus)
• Prior experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems or microservices
• Proficient in Software Development best practices (Code Quality, UnitTest, BDD)
• Experience delivering high quality, reliable services to production
• Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics
• Enjoy collaborating with and mentoring colleagues
• Passionate about technology and learning new things
• Willingness to make continuous improvements to teams and technology

Responsibilities

• Be part of team working collaboratively to design and build APIs, and manage the migration of customer experiences to centralize all access to these domains across the Toast product suite
• Influence product direction through technical insights, and drive API best practices
• Champion quality automation and unit testing
• Provide technical design feedback and participate in code reviews to ensure releases exceed the expectations of our many downstream teams
• Ensure that all work done by the team is delivered with quality and is appropriately monitored and supported in production
• Mentor other team members

Preferred Qualifications

Experience integrating with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits programs
• Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
• Equity
• Benefits (details available at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits)