Senior Platform Engineer – Scalable APIs & Services

Toast; Ireland; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Vacation

Sabbatical after 5 years

Professional Development Reimbursement

Wellness Stipend

401(k) and matching

Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage

Backup childcare

Job summary

Toast is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Toast Connect team in Dublin. You will design, build, deploy, and maintain scalable backend microservices and RESTful APIs using Kotlin/Java on AWS, and lead cross-team initiatives to scale our SaaS platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices in testing and deployment, monitor health and metrics, and collaborate closely with PM/UX to deliver new features and data integrations, while embracing AI tooling as part of your

Qualifications

• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills in an agile, cross-functional team.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Hands-on building of backend services in Kotlin/Java with testing and code quality in mind.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain scalable backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Lead complex projects that span multiple teams and systems.
• Champion automated testing and phased rollouts to ensure zero-regression releases.
• Monitor service health, analyze logs/metrics, and participate in on-call rotations.
• Mentor peer engineers and collaborate with PM/UX on new features and products.

Job description

Toast is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Toast Connect team in Dublin. You will design, build, deploy, and maintain scalable backend microservices and RESTful APIs using Kotlin/Java on AWS, and lead cross-team initiatives to scale our SaaS platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices in testing and deployment, monitor health and metrics, and collaborate closely with PM/UX to deliver new features and data integrations, while embracing AI tooling as part of your