Global Staff Software Engineer: Scalable Systems Leadership

Toast; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Job summary

Toast is seeking an experienced senior engineering leader to join the International team in Dublin, driving the design and delivery of highly scalable systems. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross‑functional partners, and work closely with pilot customers to ensure successful deployments and ongoing operation.

The role emphasizes ownership, technical excellence, and a strong customer mindset, with the opportunity to leverage cutting-edge AI tools to improve velocity and product

Qualifications

• 8+ years delivering high quality, reliable services to production
• Experience architecting and debugging large distributed, multi-threaded applications
• Able to work across the tech stack and mentor peers
• Passionate about delivering value to users and product adoption
• Experience in agile software development practices

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects within cross-functional teams
• Design, build, deploy and maintain scalable, resilient systems
• Mentor team members and lead technical discussions
• Collaborate with pilot customers to ensure successful delivery
• Advocate for best coding practices and elevate team standards
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and innovation

Skills

Java / Kotlin backend

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Agile software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Pulsar

Camel

RabbitMQ

React

GraphQL

Storybook

Android (Java/Kotlin)

Job description

Toast is seeking an experienced senior engineering leader to join the International team in Dublin, driving the design and delivery of highly scalable systems. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross‑functional partners, and work closely with pilot customers to ensure successful deployments and ongoing operation.

The role emphasizes ownership, technical excellence, and a strong customer mindset, with the opportunity to leverage cutting-edge AI tools to improve velocity and product