Software Engineer Backend

Toast
is a technology company that provides a comprehensive all-in-one SaaS platform and financial technology solutions tailored for the restaurant industry. Our platform empowers restaurants with tools for point of sale, payment processing, supplier management, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty, employee scheduling, and team management.

*Bready
to make a change?*
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At Toast, we empower the restaurant community to thrive through our innovative SaaS and fintech solutions. As a
Backend Software Engineer (Java)
, you'll play an important role in building and maintaining the backend systems that power our platform. If you're passionate about solving real-world problems, developing reliable services, and growing your technical skills, we'd love to hear from you.

About This Roll* (Responsibilities)

As a Backend Software Engineer at Toast, you will:

• Deliver sprint commitments on time, raising blockers early and ensuring all acceptance criteria are met.
• Provide accurate estimates during story grooming and maintain consistency between estimation and delivery.
• Write clean, performant, and maintainable code with strong unit test coverage.
• Engage in peer code reviews, pair programming, and team-wide knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Maintain accurate documentation (README/Confluence) and ensure QA readiness.
• Support incident handling and root cause analysis using monitoring/logging tools.
• Collaborate effectively across teams and actively participate in retrospectives for continuous improvement.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• Bachelor's Degree (in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field)
• 3+ years of hands-on Backend Development experience in Java
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Solid experience with backend technologies (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL Databases).
• Strong understanding of clean code practices, testing frameworks, and software design principles.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a hybrid work environment.
• A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability for delivery.

Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)

• Experience with restaurant or retail systems.
• Exposure to observability tools (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Contributions to open-source projects or personal technical initiatives.

*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:

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