Staff Software Engineer, Toast Tables

Toast•Boston, MA

About The Position

Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Toast Tables team. Toast Tables is a fast-growing, fully integrated waitlist and reservations platform that allows restaurants to generate and manage demand. It ties in with many of Toast’s other systems so that restaurants can bring a magical, fully digital, end-to-end experience to guests. Who We Are The Toast Tables team at Toast is all about creating exceptional reservations experiences for restaurants and their guests. We’re product-obsessed, focused on innovation, and committed to building scalable, reliable solutions that are used by millions of restaurant-goers every day. If you’re ready to make an impact on a massive scale, this is the place for you. A day in the life (Responsibilities) In this role, you'll get to work on a wide variety of projects, using your technical chops to influence not just the code, but also product and business strategies. This is a golden opportunity for a hands-on, entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in a modern tech stack environment and loves solving real-world problems through technology.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in back-end development using Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages
Proficient with modern API standards and technologies (e.g. REST, GraphQL)
Proficient with relational databases and alternative data stores
Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
Demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact, scalable solutions in complex, multi-product environments.
Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding teams through architectural transformations.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Passionate about driving innovation and continuously improving engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Design, scope, and implement cutting-edge solutions using a mix of technologies.
Enhance the platform to boost performance, usability, and scalability.
Collaborate closely with Design and Product stakeholders to ensure we are building the right solutions to the right problems
Identify high-impact opportunities with your team and turn them into reality.
Be an awesome teammate who’s all in on collaboration and collective success.
Work across teams to ensure that every part of our product ecosystem works seamlessly together to deliver the best possible experience for our customers.

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