Senior Release Engineer — CI/CD & Cloud Automation

Toast; United States; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Access to AI tools

Job summary

Toast is seeking a software engineer for the Release Engineering team in the United States. You will optimize build and deployment automation tools, implement CI/CD solutions, and lead complex, multi-contributor projects.

The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with Go, Java/Kotlin, and a passion for improving delivery. Expect collaboration across teams in a fast-growing hospitality tech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Go, Java/Kotlin or other modern language(s) with a strong understanding of testing, quality and best practices.
• Ability to dive into a breadth of problems in various programming languages.
• Passion for improving the software delivery process and making developers happy.

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.

Skills

Go

Java/Kotlin

Testing

Agile

AI tools

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Postgres

DynamoDB

TypeScript

Job description

Toast is seeking a software engineer for the Release Engineering team in the United States. You will optimize build and deployment automation tools, implement CI/CD solutions, and lead complex, multi-contributor projects.

The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with Go, Java/Kotlin, and a passion for improving delivery. Expect collaboration across teams in a fast-growing hospitality tech environment.