Senior Software Engineer, Release Engineering

Toast

5d • $125,000 - $254,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Toast is seeking a software engineer to join its Release Engineering team. The team’s mission is to empower employees to build and deploy software with speed, confidence, and joy by creating digital assembly lines that transform code into polished products. It builds scalable, secure, and automated release pipelines intended to accelerate software delivery and ensure compliance and reliability from first commit through production deployment.

The role involves improving build and deployment automation tools, creating CI/CD solutions, and leading complex projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders. The engineer also participates in an on-call rotation for the team’s systems, mentors and coaches teammates, and promotes technical excellence.

The team’s technology includes Java/Kotlin and Go backend services, GitHub Actions and custom TypeScript actions, PostgreSQL and DynamoDB, Backstage, AWS integrations, and AI development tools such as Claude Code. Toast describes its work environment as hybrid, with in-office expectations varying by region. The role’s base salary range depends on geographic pay zone: Zone A, $159,000–$254,000; Zone B, $138,000–$221,000; and Zone C, $125,000–$200,000. Starting salary is based on skills, experience, and location; additional total rewards may include eligible cash compensation, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Go, Java/Kotlin, or other modern programming languages, with a strong understanding of testing, quality, and best practices.
• Ability to work across a breadth of problems in various programming languages.
• Passion for improving software delivery processes and developer experience.
• Interest in leveraging AI tools efficiently for the team and customers.
• An agile mindset focused on delivering usable software.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing AWS or other cloud infrastructure.
• Experience building CI/CD solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to optimize build and deployment automation tools for developers.
• Create and implement CI/CD solutions that ensure release quality and security.
• Lead complex projects involving multiple contributors and stakeholders.
• Participate in the team on-call rotation and respond to production alerts for the team’s systems.
• Mentor and coach other team members.
• Promote technical excellence.

Benefits

• Toast describes its total rewards package as including benefits, with further details available on its benefits website.
• Eligible cash compensation, which may include overtime and bonus or commissions.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed