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Senior Backend Software Engineer

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.
$134,000 - $214,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
6+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Consumer

Description For Senior Backend Software Engineer

The Consumer 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.

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.

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Toast, you'll be responsible 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'll work alongside frontend, backend, and native mobile developers to create the best digital restaurant experience for Consumers.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

  • Collaborate with Design, Product, and other engineers
  • Take on challenging end-to-end tasks in a supportive team environment
  • Ship code that significantly impacts Toast's growth and strategy
  • Experiment directly with Guests and Restaurants to test new dining experiences
  • Champion best practices for development, deployment, and quality lifecycles

You'll be working with a modern tech stack and will have the chance to influence not just the code, but also product and business strategies. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on, entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in solving real-world problems through technology.

Toast offers competitive compensation including equity, comprehensive benefits, and a strong focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We embrace a hybrid work model that promotes in-person collaboration while respecting individual needs, fostering a culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community.

Join us in revolutionizing the restaurant industry through innovative technology solutions while being part of a team that values both personal and professional growth.

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Responsibilities For Senior Backend Software Engineer

  • Build new, innovative solutions for consumer-facing digital dining product
  • Work collaboratively with Design, Product and other engineers
  • Ship code that has a massive impact on Toast's growth and strategy
  • Experiment directly with Guests and Restaurants to test new dining experiences
  • Champion best practices for development, deployment and quality life-cycles

Requirements For Senior Backend Software Engineer

Java
Kotlin
PostgreSQL
Kafka
  • 6+ years of experience with object-oriented languages like Java or 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
  • A passion for technology and continuous learning
  • Experience working in a team with Agile/Scrum methodology

Benefits For Senior Backend Software Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Equity
Parental Leave
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Equity
  • Parental Leave
  • Hybrid work model

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