Staff Software Engineer-Scheduling

StartupPlay; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Toast is seeking a senior backend/full-stack engineer to help build scheduling features that broaden Toast's footprint and deepen restaurant engagement. Lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and ship high-quality, production-ready code in a collaborative environment.

You will design scalable API solutions, work with TypeScript, REST/GraphQL, and databases like PostgreSQL or DynamoDB, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on coding and performance considerations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend/full-stack experience, delivering products that drive impact.
• Proficient with modern API design (TypeScript, REST, GraphQL) and relational databases or alternative data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Balanced expertise: ability to design high-level technical solutions on a whiteboard while remaining deeply connected to code-level execution and system performance.
• Excellent communication: ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical peers and product leadership.
• Effectively works with ambiguity, agile delivery, and shipping usable software incrementally.
• Experience and interest in mentoring peers.
• Strong customer empathy and a drive to make their lives better through a thoughtful user experience, robust technical solutions, and continuous product improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead fellow developers, product managers, and designers to build scheduling features.
• Turn ambiguous business goals into high-quality, production-ready code within a collaborative team environment.
• Mentor engineers via code-pairing, code review, and project reviews to raise the technical bar.
• Actively contribute to product design and feature discussions.

Skills

Backend development

Full-stack development

API design

TypeScript

REST/GraphQL

Mentoring

Communication

Agile

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Job description

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. Toast is a rapidly growing company that's revolutionizing how the restaurant industry does business by pairing technology with an extraordinary commitment to customer success. We help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences through our platform that combines restaurant point of sale, team management, guest-facing technology, and award-winning customer support. As a Toaster, you will be challenged to take on meaningful projects to help craft the company's future. Join us as we empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

• Lead fellow fellow developers, product managers, and designers, to build amazing Scheduling features with a goal of increasing our consumer footprint at Toast and employee engagement within restaurants
• Flex your full-stack development muscles by turning ambiguous business goals into high-quality, production-ready code within a collaborative team environment
• Champion engineering excellence by elevating code quality across teams and mentor engineers via code-pairing, code review, and project reviews to help raise the overall technical bar
• Actively contribute to product design and feature selection discussions

What you’ll need to thrive (Requirements)

• 8+ years of backend/full-stack experience, delivering products that drive impact
• Proficient with modern API design (TypeScript, REST, GraphQL) and relational databases or alternative data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Balanced expertise: Ability to design high-level technical solutions on a whiteboard while remaining deeply connected to code-level execution and system performance.
• Excellent communication: Ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical peers and product leadership.
• Effectively works with ambiguity, agile delivery, and shipping usable software incrementally
• Experience and interest in mentoring peers
• Strong customer empathy and a drive to make their lives better through a thoughtful user experience, robust technical solutions, and continuous product improvement.

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.

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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. We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring

Our Approach to Hybrid WorkingWe 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

People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success

At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast. We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

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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