Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise

Toast, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast Tab, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the enterprise quick service restaurant team. You will work across Toast’s platform—POS, backend, and front end—ensuring scalable, reliable features for enterprise customers and driving cross-team collaboration.

You will mentor engineers, lead complex projects, and emphasize quality with automated testing and robust deployments, while contributing to design decisions with UX and product teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building backend services and APIs.
• Proficiency with an Object Oriented Language like Java or Kotlin, with strong testing and quality practices.
• Experience shipping production services with focus on stability and reliability.
• Experience building backend services, APIs, and scaling distributed systems.
• Android development experience with Kotlin is a plus.
• Frontend development experience is a plus.
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain scalable features across Toast’s enterprise products.
• Lead complex projects to improve functionality and reliability for customers.
• Partner with diverse teams across Toast to deliver solutions.
• Ensure quality by building automated tests and monitoring feature rollouts.

Skills

Backend services

APIs

Java

Kotlin

Android

Frontend development

Testing & quality

Job description

Who We Are

Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.

Are you bready* for a change?

Toast is looking for a Senior Software engineer to join our enterprise quick service restaurant team. You will get to work across the entire Toast platform, including our POS, backend, and front end systems. As a member of the enterprise team, you will help ensure that the product is being built to meet the new and expanding needs of these customers.

About this roll* (Responsibilities)

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features across Toast’s enterprise management products
• Lead complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers
• Partner with a wide array of teams across Toast
• Ensure quality by building automated testing for changes
• Roll* features out to customers, including monitoring for success
• Collaborate with UX and PM on the definition and design of features
• Mentor and coach other engineers

Do you have the right ingredients? (Requirements)

• 5+ years experience building backend services and APIs
• Extensive experience working with an Object Oriented Language like Java or Kotlin, with a deep understanding of testing, quality, and best practices
• Experience shipping production services and balancing getting things done with platform stability and reliability
• Experience building backend services and APIs and scaling distributed systems
• Experience building android applications with kotlin is a plus
• Experience building front end applications is a plus
• Focused on delivering positive impact for Toast customers
• Enjoys working in a team environment with a shared code-base
• Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics

AI at Toast

At Toast, one of our company values is that 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 Total Rewards Philosophy

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.

Pay Range

$115,000 - $165,000 CAD

How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process

Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

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 hospitality community, regardless of location. Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast

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

At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient-when they thrive, we thrive.We are one of the most diverse industries, 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.

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 [e-mail].

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