Senior Software Engineer, Toast

• This position is ideal for someone with an eye toward systematic software development and is passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions that improve the work of other developers
• Demonstrated leadership driving significant projects to completion from design to rollout
• Expertise with Kotlin/Java
• Experience integrating AI into developer tools
• Familiarity with developer tools: AWS, Docker, GitHub
• Experience building Backend API Services on a product-oriented team
• Confidence to take on big challenges and humility to ask questions when necessary

Desirable

• Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy
• Join the Core Frameworks team, a focal point for foundational engineering at Toast
• The Core Frameworks team empowers developers across the company by building and maintaining the core libraries and tools used for developing web services
• We maintain and grow local development tools that accelerate engineers in the inner-loop of development, increasingly leveraging AI to enhance these workflows
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be crucial in maintaining and enhancing the infrastructure and tools used by hundreds of developers at Toast to create a best-in-class customer and guest experience
• You'll work on developing new features—including AI-assisted capabilities—that will enable other programmers to be more productive and effective in doing their jobs
• We seek a proactive and skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in building core libraries and developer tooling. In this role, you will work as part of a team of talented engineers and collaborate closely with product managers and internal users
• Ou will design, develop, and maintain tools that streamline the software development lifecycle, exploring how AI can further optimize these processes
• You’ll also contribute to key internal development platform components like service templates, manage LaunchDarkly for the company, and help teams identify dependencies that need to be upgraded
• Lead complex projects that impact developers across Toast
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues as they arise
• Participate in architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap
• Advocate for best coding practices to raise the bar for you, your team, and the company
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members
• Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team