Principal Software Engineer, Toast
Menus
$188-301k
Point of sale and management system for restaurants
Open for applications
Point of sale and management system for restaurants
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$188-301k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Toast's mission is to enrich the food experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a visionary engineer who is motivated by these challenges and eager to transform our menus architecture to meet the dynamic needs of our customers and our rapidly growing business
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in back-end development using Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages
- Proficient with modern API standards and technologies (e.g. REST, GraphQL)
- Proficient with relational databases and alternative data stores
- Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact, scalable solutions in complex, multi-product environments
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding teams through architectural transformations
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Passionate about driving innovation and continuously improving engineering practices
What the job involves
- As a Principal Software Engineer on the Menus team, you will take ownership of this essential function, making strategic technical decisions that enhance our capabilities and ensure scalability
- You will have the opportunity to make a huge impact in a critical space. Your leadership will drive excellence within the team and influence our broader engineering community, setting new standards and contributing to our collective success
- Lead the evolution of our Menus architecture and data models, delivering scalable solutions that have significant business impact
- Define and implement frameworks and processes that guarantee the quality, resilience, and scalability of our user experiences and API platform
- Develop and execute technical strategies to solve complex business challenges, leveraging data-driven decisions to prioritize impactful changes
- Establish guiding technical and delivery principles that influence engineering practices across the broader engineering organization
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity, and engineering excellence
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business, aligning technical solutions with strategic objectives
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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