Staff Software Engineer (Team Agent)

Toast Tab, Inc.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast Tab, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop AI agents for workforce management in restaurants. In this role, you will design and deliver products that blend cutting-edge AI with practical restaurant operations. Candidates should have a strong foundation in Java or Kotlin and experience with modern web technologies. You will work collaboratively with product managers and engineers, contributing to product design and quality. This position is based in Dublin, Ireland, and offers the chance to make a real impact in the restaurant industry.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in Java, Kotlin or other object‑oriented language(s).
• Experience with modern web standards and technologies.
• Passion for building autonomous agents and working with LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and ship Team Agent products leveraging LLMs.
• Full-stack development for end‑to‑end tasks in a collaborative environment.
• Participate in designing, implementing, and debugging agent solutions.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

React

TypeScript

REST

GraphQL

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.

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.

Staff Software Engineer to join in building AI agents for Toast’s Team area, which is part of the Fintech line of business. The Team area is a mission‑critical space on which our restaurants rely to manage their staff and optimize their labor. You’ll play a key roll* in the design, development, and delivery of autonomous agents that transform how restaurant owners manage their workforce, blending cutting‑edge AI with practical restaurant operations.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

• Be hands‑on in developing and shipping Team Agent products that leverage LLMs and agentic frameworks
• Flex your full‑stack development muscles with challenging end‑to‑end tasks in a supportive, collaborative team environment
• Partner with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to build autonomous agents that transform restaurant workforce management
• Participate in designing, estimating, implementing, testing, and debugging end‑to‑end agent solutions
• Adopt and advocate for bleeding‑edge spec‑driven development and agentic development practices
• Mentor developers through code‑pairing and detailed code, architecture, and project reviews
• Champion best practices for agent development, deployment, and quality life cycles
• Actively contribute to product design and feature selection discussions for the Team Agent space

What you’ll need to thrive (Requirements)

• Strong foundation in Java, Kotlin or other object‑oriented language(s)
• Experience with modern web standards and technologies (e.g. React, TypeScript, REST, GraphQL)
• Experience or strong interest in using coding agents and adopting agentic development practices
• Passion for building autonomous agents and working with LLMs
• A proven track record of building partnerships across engineering, product, customer success, and other stakeholders
• Experience and interest in mentoring peers
• Experience maintaining a high bar for quality, and guiding teams to hold a high bar for the technical quality of their deliverables
• Strong customer empathy and a drive to make their lives better through a thoughtful user experience, robust technical solutions, and continuous product improvement

Special Sauce* (Nonessential Ingredients)

• Experience designing agentic products
• Experience building systems that leverage LLMs and other ML models
• Experience with event‑driven distributed systems
• Solid understanding of workforce management
• Solid understanding of restaurant operations

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