Staff Software Engineer

Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.  Toast is revolutionizing the way the restaurant industry does business by pairing technology with an extraordinary commitment to customer success. We help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences through our platform that combines restaurant point of sale, guest-facing technology, and award-winning customer support. Join us as we empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

Who We Are

The Online 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.

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 online ordering here at Toast.  Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Design, scope, and implement cutting-edge solutions using a mix of technologies.
• Enhance the platform to boost performance, usability, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with Design and Product stakeholders to ensure we are building the right solutions to the right problems
• Identify high-impact opportunities with your team and turn them into reality.
• Be an awesome teammate who’s all in on collaboration and collective success.
• Work across teams to ensure that every part of our product ecosystem works seamlessly together to deliver the best possible experience for our customers.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• 8+ years of experience developing fullstack web applications
• Proficient in backend technologies like Node.js and Java/Kotlin.
• Skilled with frontend frameworks like React or Angular, and CSS frameworks like Tailwind or Bootstrap.
• Experienced in building on AWS, with tools like Docker and Git.
• Comfortable turning high-fidelity UX designs from Figma into reality.
• Passionate about writing testable code, with experience in API design and unit/integration testing.
• Thrive in a collaborative, team-based environment where you ship features together.
• Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild.
• Embrace the agile mindset—ship quickly, iterate, and refine.

Our Spread* of Total Rewards
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.

*Bread puns encouraged but not required

Last updated on Aug 27, 2024