Senior Software Engineer (Application Infrastructure)

Join Toast, a leading cloud-based restaurant management platform, as a Senior Software Engineer. In this role, you will play a critical role in scaling and developing Toast's cloud platform and infrastructure. You will architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions. You will also collaborate closely with the Product team to influence features, technical direction, and long-term product vision. This position offers unlimited vacation, a sabbatical opportunity after five years, and various other benefits.

About Toast

Architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the Product team to influence features, technical direction, and long-term product vision.
• Define and enable adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.

Requirements

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with demonstrated ability to align and inspire cross-functional teams
• A demonstrated record of mentoring junior team members and enhancing the team's effectiveness
• Hands-on experience building and operating complex, mission-critical, large-scale distributed systems in the Cloud
• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin preferred (experience in other modern programming languages also valued)
• Track record of delivering clean, maintainable, and resilient code that stands the test of time
• Expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, APIs, and integration patterns