Technical Lead, Backend & Data Systems (AI-Driven)

Toast Tab, Inc.; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Toast is hiring for a Technical Operations leader based in Dublin on a hybrid schedule. You will own end-to-end architecture and guidance for services, data systems, and internal tools, driving major projects from design to rollout.

You will design backend integrations, partner with product to identify impactful opportunities, and enable robust reporting on engineering health and AI spend. Build scalable systems and mentor the team in agentic engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven ability to drive significant projects to completion from design to rollout.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language (Python, Kotlin, TypeScript).
• Hands-on use of agentic engineering as a core part of how you work.
• Strong backend, API integration, SQL and data modeling skills.
• Proficiency in a modern web front-end stack to prototype visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the team's technical lead, owning end-to-end architecture and direction of services, internal tools, and data systems.
• Design and build backend services and integrations that ingest signals from multiple source systems, with clear APIs and data contracts.
• Partner with Product Owner to identify biggest opportunities and collaborate on end-to-end solutions.
• Build backend enabling role-based reporting on engineering health, AI and tooling spend and ROI; replace manual processes with auditable tools.
• Own quality, reliability, and monitoring for business-critical reporting used by leaders.
• Mentor engineers and elevate the team through design reviews and agent-assisted practices.

Skills

5+ years exp

Python

Kotlin

TypeScript

SQL

API integration

Backend design

Agentic engineering

Front-end prototyping

React

Tools

React

Data visualization prototyping

Job description

Toast is hiring for a Technical Operations leader based in Dublin on a hybrid schedule. You will own end-to-end architecture and guidance for services, data systems, and internal tools, driving major projects from design to rollout.

You will design backend integrations, partner with product to identify impactful opportunities, and enable robust reporting on engineering health and AI spend. Build scalable systems and mentor the team in agentic engineering practices.