Staff Software Engineer, Toast
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Point of sale and management system for restaurants
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Point of sale and management system for restaurants
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
Toast's mission is to enrich the food experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- The Websites team is responsible for advancing and supporting Toast’s new restaurant website hosting product, as well as working closely with the integrated Online Ordering product/team.
- This group is highly product oriented, with a laser-focus on creating top tier consumer experiences for restaurants and their guests.=
- Our product-line is relatively new but already used by millions of restaurant goers each day, so be prepared to innovate on products at a huge scale while ensuring stability and scalability
- 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
Our take
Running a restaurant means managing a stressful set of elements, all needing to work together seamlessly to create a good experience for diners. Toast helps to streamline processes, and puts an end to piles of paperwork, by providing a platform whereby tableside ordering, menu modifications, labour management, payroll, and more are all housed in one system that can run from a tablet.
Toast offers restaurant-grade hardware and cloud-based customisable payment solutions to serve clients from startup through to growth phase, as well as a service for established restaurants. By combining all the digital services a restaurant might need, the platform can act as the one and comprehensive solution for restaurants of any size, avoiding restaurateurs having to invest in a range of technologies.
Toast has over 70,000 restaurants on its books, from food trucks to national brands, and its mobile ordering and payment solutions have made it a recognized brand for consumers. The company's IPO in 2021 saw it valued at over $30 billion and since then, it has added more features to its product suite including wholesale and catering order tools. Toast then, has proven its place as an indispensable player in the restaurant space.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2020
$400m
SERIES F
Apr 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $899m
Company benefits
- Peer and company recognition programs
- Unlimited Vacation
- Sabbatical opportunity after five years
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program
- Commitment to Employee Wellness through resources such as a quarterly Wellness Stipend
- Various peer and company recognition programs
- 401(k) and matching
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
- Mental Health Benefits
- Subsidized backup childcare
Company values
- We're one team - There’s no “I” in Toast. The only way we’ll succeed is by solving problems together and sharing lessons along the way. As individuals we own our actions, support and respect each other, and embrace our differences.
- We embrace a hospitality mindset - Empathy is our default. We strive to make everyone – from employees and customers to partners and beyond – feel like they belong. We’re fiercely passionate about our community, and are devoted to their success.
- We're driven by purpose - We deliver results with integrity. Challenging work is rewarding work, and accomplishing our goals requires a mix of grit, resilience, and humor.
- We're always hungry - No problem is too big to solve if we stay hungry for innovation. The bigger the idea, the better.
- We lead with humility - Great ideas come from anywhere or anyone, regardless of tenure, title, or background. We believe your opinion matters, and that open and honest feedback is a gift. Act on it.
Company HQ
Fenway–Kenmore, Boston, MA
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Leadership
Steve Fredette
(President)They studied at MIT before co-founding Klick Mobile in 2009 and spending almost 7 years at Endeca. They left their Management role in June 2012 having co-founded Toast in May.
Aman Narang
(CEO)Having studied Computer Science at MIT, they worked at Endeca for 5 years. They moved from working as Product Manager to work full-time as President of Toast in 2013, having co-founded it the previous year.
Jonathan Grimm
(CTO)They also studied Computer Science at MIT before working as an Engineer for Endeca for over 4 years. They worked at Oracle for 5 months prior to co-founding Toast in May 2012.
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