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.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with the ability and drive to make an impact, not only on their own but by also enabling those around them to succeed. Play a key role in building the product that powers critical integrations for external customer-facing needs. Our team empowers restaurants with new and existing functionalities, through existing and new solutions for restaurants and partners.

As a member of the Third-Party Ordering team, you will bridge the gap between our core platform and the world’s leading delivery networks. You’ll be responsible for engineering the high-scale API infrastructure and configurable middleware that allows our customers to effortlessly synchronize omnichannel order volumes and maintain guest trust through real-time operational transparency.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

Work with fellow developers, product managers, and designers, to deliver the data that drives amazing internal and customer facing financial reports

Analyze data, write complex SQL queries, design database schemas, and work with distributed systems.

Advocate for best coding practices, raising the bar for yourself, your team, and the company.

Partner with experienced engineers in design and code reviews to maintain high standards.

Monitor feature rollouts to ensure customer success, iterating and improving when necessary.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable systems critical to our customers’ success.

Tackle scaling challenges and implement robust solutions.

Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members.

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)

Knowledge of Kotlin, Java or another object-oriented language

Experienced with databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) including schema design and optimization.

In-depth understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and enterprise messaging.

Proven track record of delivering reliable services to production.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

A passion for technology and continuous learning.

The capacity to tackle complex and ambiguous problems, communicate clearly with others to solve the problem, and share knowledge to help the whole team succeed

Driven by real-world customer impact
Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)
- Proficient in modern web technologies and UI frameworks (e.g., React, Javascript , TypeScript, REST, GraphQL)
- Experience implementing component testing and E2E testing

#BI-Hybrid

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.

How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process

Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people.

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: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.

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 candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.

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Senior Software Engineer- Third Party Ordering

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