Staff Software Engineer, Application Infrastructure

Toast

1d • $151,000 - $309,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Toast is seeking an experienced software engineer to help scale and develop its cloud platform and infrastructure. The platform processes billions of requests per day from internal services and mobile devices, with usage growing as Toast adds restaurants and capabilities. The team develops secure, observable, highly available shared services and infrastructure.

The role involves designing and delivering reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure, improving performance across infrastructure, databases, and APIs, and supporting consistent engineering practices. The engineer will work closely with Product to shape features, technical direction, and long-term product vision.

The team operates a cloud-native stack using AWS, Kotlin and Go, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Terraform, and Apache Pulsar. Its work includes operating sharded PostgreSQL databases, enabling event-driven architecture, providing tools for scheduling recurring jobs, and supporting customer messaging integrations. Toast embraces AI-driven software development across design, implementation, testing, and production monitoring.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience building and operating complex, mission-critical, large-scale distributed systems in the cloud.
• Expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, APIs, and integration patterns.
• A track record of delivering clean, maintainable, and resilient code.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align and inspire cross-functional teams.
• A demonstrated record of mentoring junior team members and enhancing team effectiveness.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin; experience in other modern programming languages is also valued.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions.
• Uncover and resolve performance bottlenecks across infrastructure, databases, and APIs.
• Define and enable adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.
• Collaborate closely with the Product team to influence features, technical direction, and long-term product vision.
• Mentor junior team members and enhance the team's effectiveness.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits programs.
• Equity.
• Overtime and bonus/commissions if eligible.
• A total rewards package intended to support a healthy lifestyle and flexibility.

What This Job Offers

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