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Staff Software Engineer, Device Experience

Toast Inc
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2025

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Now, more than ever, the Toast team is committed to our customers. We're taking steps to help restaurants navigate these unprecedented times with technology, resources, and community. Our focus is on building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best : building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people, restaurants can trust that we'll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their restaurant of the future.

Every day, many thousands of servers, hosts, and chefs use Toast POS (Point of Sale) to serve millions of guests in their restaurants. To make our restaurants successful, we need to develop products that install painlessly, work together seamlessly, and quickly guide restaurant staff and Toast team members to resolve any problems that occur.

The Device Experience team sits at the intersection of Toast's hardware and software and builds cloud based services and device software that creates a frictionless customer experience. Starting from the first time a device is provisioned until its end-of-life, the team takes a system-oriented approach crafting solutions that take software, hardware, networking, user experience, people and processes into account to provide the best results for our users.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer who is not only hands-on with coding but also highly skilled in designing and architecting scalable, end-to-end systems . In this role, you will take the lead in defining the technical vision and strategy , ensuring the team builds modern, robust, and efficient solutions that align with business objectives while maintaining a strong focus on customer needs.

As a key technical leader, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams , driving innovation and best practices in software development. Your expertise will be instrumental in shaping the architecture of software systems that manage and integrate with hardware devices , ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance.

If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment , enjoy tackling complex engineering challenges , and are passionate about building high-quality, customer-centric software solutions, we'd love to hear from you!

About this roll

  • Responsibilities)
  • Lead the design and development of Toast's software services and POS application to enable a seamless device experience for customers.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Hardware, QA and other Software teams on the product roadmap and requirements to build a long term vision for Toast.
  • Create technical requirements and detailed designs of the software system being developed.
  • Lead effort estimation sessions and use sound judgment to enable the planning of projects.
  • Diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
  • Make solid technical decisions keeping software quality, security, and maintainability in mind.
  • Do you have the right ingredients

  • Requirements)
  • 8 years of cloud software development experience with backend technologies such as GraphQL, Kotlin / Java REST microservices
  • Experience developing software to manage and support hardware and network devices
  • Hands-on experience with Android applications development in Kotlin, or Java
  • Experience designing and optimizing relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases (Postgres, DynamoDB), and with data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
  • Software architecture experience designing and delivering complex and scalable systems
  • Experience working in a team with Agile / Scrum methodology
  • Passionate about solving large scale problems and building great software for customers.
  • Bonus ingredients

  • preferred skills)
  • Experience working with modern automated test frameworks and behavior driven testing
  • Experience with monitoring processes and tools like Datadog and Splunk
  • Experience working with Messaging services like Puslar, Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • Understanding of Virtual LAN, network segregation, firewall, and related networking concepts
  • What we use to make our dish

  • Our Tech Stack)
  • A core of Java & Kotlin based backend services.
  • React SPAs leveraging Tailwind, GraphQL and Storybook.
  • Android app built in Java & Kotlin running in the restaurant.
  • PostgreSQL and DynamoDB as core persistence.
  • Pulsar, Camel and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations.
  • And many more technologies that help us build a top class platform.
  • Our Spread

  • of Total Rewards
  • 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

  • Bread puns encouraged but not required
  • The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus / commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.

    Pay Range

    150,000-$240,000 USD

    We are Toasters

    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success.

    At Toast our employees are our secret ingredient. When they are powered to succeed, Toast succeeds.

    The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse industries. We embrace and are excited by this diversity, believing that only through authenticity, inclusivity, high standards of respect and trust, and leading with humility will we be able to achieve our goals.

    Baking inclusive principles into our company and diversity into our design provides equitable opportunities for all and enhances our ability to be first in class in all aspects of our industry.

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  • 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.

    Salary : $150,000 - $240,000

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