Senior Software Engineer, Toast
Backend
$134-214k
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
1001+ employees
Company mission
Toast's mission is to enrich the food experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience
- Proficient in Java and/or Kotlin, with a strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles
- Strong understanding of backend architecture patterns, including microservices, monolithic, and event-driven architectures
- Experience designing and developing scalable, secure, and performant backend systems
- Knowledge of RESTful API design principles and best practices
- Proficient in database systems such as PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB
- Understanding of database modeling, normalization, and query optimization techniques
- Strong understanding of testing principles, including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing
Desirable
- Experience with Payment systems is desired, but not required
- Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and optimize system performance
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform
- Understanding of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and encryption
- Experience with containerization, such as Docker or Kubernetes
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Payments team
- Fintech at Toast operates one of the most critical portions of the Toast infrastructure: processing payments on behalf of our restaurants and ensuring that restaurants are paid in a timely manner
- Payment processing is a key source of Toast’s revenue and also the lifeblood of our customers; we process millions of dollars in transactions per day
- The successful candidate will contribute to the development of our unified payment processing solution
- This platform offers a single, integrated service for payment acceptance across various channels and supports a configurable enterprise approach. It is designed to allow a build-once, available-to-all strategy for both existing and emerging payment methods
- Be part of a team working collaboratively with Product Managers and other engineers designing, building and maintaining high performance, flexible and highly scalable microservices
- Use cutting-edge technologies and best practices to optimize for performance and usability, ultimately enhancing the overall restaurant management experience
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Toast
- Advocate best coding practices to raise the bar for you, your team and the company
- Mentor and coach other engineers
- 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
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 from 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
Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Steve Fredette
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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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