Staff Software Engineer

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.Toast is driven by building the all-in-one restaurant platform that helps restaurants operate their business, increase sales, engage guests, and keep employees happy. Toast connects employees, operations, and guests on a reliable, easy-to-use platform so restaurateurs can stay one step ahead of a rapidly evolving hospitality market. 

The mission of the International APAC team is to delight our global customers with the wide variety of Toast products. This is a relatively new team and an opportunity to help lead Toast on its journey of international expansion. As a Staff Software Engineer on the International team you will be focused on building products with a Global first mindset, working  closely with UX/PM and customers to deliver the most value that fits our customers market and culture. 

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

• Build new products and Evolve Toast’s existing products suite to meet global market needs
• Be part of a team working collaboratively with UX, PM and other engineers building applications using modern web technologies 
• Work closely with pilot customers to ensure successful delivery and operation 
• Collaborate with teams across Toast, such as R&D, customer support and new customer onboarding
• Lead projects from discovery and development to roll out
• Mentor and coach other team members
• Promote technical excellence 
• Guiding project direction, making technical decisions, and providing technical expertise to the team
• Performing thorough code reviews to maintain quality standards and identify potential issues
• Assessing project scope, estimation and impact analysis

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• High proficiency  in Java or Kotlin (experience of 10-14 years in reputed product / relevant domain company)
• Experience  of API principals e.g REST
• Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
• Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
• Ability to embrace an agile mindset focused on delivering usable software
• Adaptable to work in changing environments

Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)

• Full Stack experience
• Experience with localisation and internationalization frameworks
• Experience in Hotel or Restaurant business domain
• Exposure to payments and integrations

What we use to make our dish (Our Tech Stack)

• A core of Java & Kotlin based backend services.
• React SPAs leveraging Tailwind, GraphQL and Storybook.
• Android app built in Java & Kotlin running in the restaurant.
• PostgreSQL and Dynamodb as core persistence.
• Pulsar, Camel and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations.
• And many more technologies that help us build a top class platform.

AI at Toast

At Toast, one of our company values is that we’re hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.

Our Total Rewards Philosophy 
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.