Senior Backend Software Engineer, Toast
$134-214k
+ Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible) & Equity (if eligible)
Point of sale and management system for restaurants
Open for applications
Point of sale and management system for restaurants
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$134-214k
+ Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible) & Equity (if eligible)
1001+ employees
Company mission
Toast's mission is to enrich the food experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience with object-oriented languages, specifically Java/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, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- A passion for technology and continuous learning
- Enthusiasm for solving impactful challenges and writing clean, scalable code
- A focus on both personal and team growth, balancing task completion with platform stability
- The capacity to tackle complex and ambiguous problems, communicate clearly with others to solve the problem, and share knowledge to help the whole team succeed
- Exposure to distributed systems is a plus
- Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
- Experience working in a team with Agile/Scrum methodology
What the job involves
- Toast is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to take responsibility 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 will be on a team of frontend, backend, and native mobile developers, working to build the best digital restaurant experience for Consumers
- 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 app experiences here at Toast
- Be part of a team working collaboratively with Design, Product and other engineers
- Flex your backend muscles with challenging end-to-end tasks in a supportive, collaborative team environment
- Ship code that has a massive impact on the growth and strategy of Toast
- Experiment directly with Guests and Restaurants to test new dining experiences
- Champion best practices for development, deployment and quality life-cycles
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
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 HQ
Fenway–Kenmore, Boston, MA
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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