Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Toast's Fintech team as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the development of a unified payment processing solution. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to design, build, and maintain high-performance microservices. This role requires using cutting-edge technologies and advocating for best coding practices. You will also mentor other engineers and work with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience with Java or Kotlin, strong backend architecture knowledge, and expertise in database systems. Toast offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a hybrid work model.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience
• Proficient in Java and/or Kotlin, with a solid knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming principles
• Strong awareness of backend architecture patterns, including microservices, monolithic, and event-driven architectures
• Experience designing and developing scalable, secure, and performant backend systems
• Knowledge of RESTful API design principles and best practices
• Proficient in database systems such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB
• Comprehension of database modeling, normalization, and query optimization techniques
• Robust understanding of testing principles, including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team working collaboratively with Product Managers and other engineers designing, building and maintaining high performance, flexible and highly scalable microservices
• Use cutting-edge technologies and best practices to optimize for performance and usability, ultimately enhancing the overall restaurant management experience
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Toast
• Advocate best coding practices to raise the bar for you, your team and the company
• Mentor and coach other engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Payment systems is desired, but not required
• Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and optimize system performance
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform
• Understanding of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and encryption
• Experience with containerization, such as Docker or Kubernetes

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs