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.

Are you bready* for a change?

The mission of the International Europe team is to purpose build features for our European customers that fit their specific market needs. As part of this team’s mission you will get close to customers to fully understand the nuances of each of these markets. As Senior Software engineer you will be responsible for delivering these features from start to finish, ensuring code quality, high technical architectural standards and high quality products. As a senior engineer you will also have the opportunity to mentor and upskill others.

The team works closely with other teams, driving key international business objectives while improving the productivity of the entire Toast engineering organization. Key areas of focus include distributed systems, infrastructure, tooling, and workflows, all of which are essential for the success of Toast's products in international markets.

About this roll* (Responsibilities)

Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features across Toast’s products
Evolve Toast’s existing products suite to meet global market needs
Work across software both in the restaurant and the cloud
Work directly with pilot customers (sometimes in the restaurant!) to ensure successful delivery and operation
Collaborate with the team to plan and estimate work
Collaborate with teams across Toast
Ensure quality by building automated testing for changes
Collaborate with UX and PM on the definition and design of features
Mentor and coach other engineers

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Qualities & Essential Skills)

High level of proficiency with Kotlin, Java or another object-oriented language, with a deep understanding of testing, quality & best practices.
Working experience with Android systems
The ability to take complex business problems, and create easy-to-use solutions at scale.
Working experience of API principles e.g. REST
Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
Ability to embrace an agile mindset focused on delivering usable software
Adaptable to work in changing environments

Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)

Proficient in Android development

Understanding of Activities, Fragments, Services.
Reactivity.
Dependency Injection with Dagger
Android XML layouts
Coroutines

Proficient in Software Development best practices (Code Quality, UnitTest, BDD)

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.

AI at Toast

At Toast 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 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 https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

*Bread puns encouraged but not required

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, International Europe

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