Senior Release Engineer: CI/CD, Cloud & AI Tools

Toast Tab, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 159,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast is seeking a Software Engineer for the Release Engineering team to help build and optimize automated release pipelines. You will contribute to scalable CI/CD solutions, mentor peers, and lead complex projects across multiple contributors in a hybrid US workplace.

The role emphasizes Go, Java/Kotlin, and modern languages, with a passion for improving delivery speed, reliability, and developer happiness, including AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Go, Java/Kotlin or other modern language(s) with strong testing and quality practices.
• Ability to dive into a breadth of problems in various programming languages.
• Passion for improving the software delivery process and making developers happy.
• Hunger for leveraging AI tools efficiently for the team and customers.
• Agile mindset focused on delivering usable software.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team working collaboratively to optimize build and deployment automation tools for developers.
• Create and implement CI/CD solutions that ensure release quality and security.
• Lead complex projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders.
• Participate in team on-call rotation to respond to production alerts for the team’s systems.
• Mentor and coach other team members.
• Promote technical excellence.

Skills

Go

Java/Kotlin

Software engineering

CI/CD

AI tools

Agile

Tools

GitHub Actions

TypeScript

AWS

Backstage

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Claude Code

Job description

Toast is seeking a Software Engineer for the Release Engineering team to help build and optimize automated release pipelines. You will contribute to scalable CI/CD solutions, mentor peers, and lead complex projects across multiple contributors in a hybrid US workplace.

The role emphasizes Go, Java/Kotlin, and modern languages, with a passion for improving delivery speed, reliability, and developer happiness, including AI-assisted tooling.