Senior Software Engineer-backend

Toast has grown to be a leading hospitality software company in the US and is now setting its sights on our next stages of growth As the business continues to grow there is increased demand to enhance the enterprise level of support in the product Toast customers who managed several restaurants a few years ago are now expanding their business and adding new locations New enterprise customers are looking to leverage Toast technology to support the growth of their business in new ways These exciting new opportunities will require Toast to bolster our product offerings Are you bready for a change Toast is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Fintech Payments team In this role you ll work across the entire Toast platform including our partner ecosystem As a Senior Engineer on the Funds Management team you will help evolve our platform currently processing over 150B in annual GPV-to meet Toast s growing global needs You ll contribute to building best-in-class customer-facing FinTech products and developing foundational capabilities that empower partner teams to accelerate product delivery and scale efficiently About this roll Responsibilities Design build deploy and maintain highly resilient and scalable features across Toast s enterprise management products Lead complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers Partner with a wide array of teams across Toast Ensure quality by building automated testing for changes Roll features out to customers including monitoring for success Collaborate with UX and PM on the definition and design of features Mentor and coach other engineers Do you have the right ingredients Requirements Bachelor s or Master s degree preferred 5 years experience building backend services and APIs Extensive experience working with an Object Oriented Language like Java or Kotlin with a deep understanding of testing quality and best practices Experience shipping production services and balancing getting things done with platform stability and reliability Experience building backend services and APIs and scaling distributed systems Experience building android applications with kotlin is a plus Focused on delivering positive impact for Toast customers Enjoys working in a team environment with a shared code-base Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics Work Mode This role follows a hybrid work model requiring a minimum of 2 days per week in the office We are hiring individuals with a wide range of experience so if you have more or less than these exact roles please still apply Our Tech Stack Toast s products run on a stack that ranges from guest and restaurant-facing Android tablets to backend services in Java to internal guest-facing and restaurant-facing web apps Our backend services follow a microservice architecture written using Java 8 and DropWizard we use AWS extensively ranging from S3 to RDS to Lambda We have our own platform for dealing with user management service elevations and robust load balancing Toast stores data in a set of sharded Postgres databases and utilizes Apache Spark for large scale data workloads including query and batch processing The front-end is built primarily using React and ES6 The main Toast POS application is an Android application written in Java and Kotlin For data between tablets and our cloud platform we operate RabbitMQ clusters as well as direct tablet communication to the back end Diversity Equity and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success At Toast our employees are our secret ingredient-when they thrive we thrive The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse and we embrace that diversity with authenticity inclusivity respect and humility By embedding these principles into our culture and design we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences We Thrive Together We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community To learn more about how we work globally and regionally check out Apply today Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process As part of this commitment we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process please contact For roles in the United States It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability