Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Toast's Delivery Services team as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in enabling seamless integrations with third-party delivery providers. Lead the evolution of the delivery architecture and data models, delivering scalable solutions. Define and implement frameworks and processes to guarantee quality, resilience, and scalability of user experiences. Develop and execute technical strategies to solve complex business challenges. Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business. This is a high-impact role offering significant influence and the opportunity to make a huge impact in a critical space.

Requirements

• Understanding of distributed event-driven systems
• 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)
• Expertise in database schema design
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with DynamoDB

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits programs
• Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible)
• Benefits
• Equity (if eligible)
• Hybrid work model