Senior Software Engineer, Scheduling

Rozgoo; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Scheduling team, building scalable backend services for our restaurant labor platform. You will own significant portions of the codebase and collaborate with product, design, and ops to deliver reliable systems that power day-to-day restaurant operations.

You have 5+ years of back-end experience, proficiency in Java or Kotlin, and a track record of delivering production systems at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of back-end experience with object-oriented languages such as Java or Kotlin.
• Experience owning and operating production systems.
• Proven ability to tackle ambiguous, high-impact challenges at scale.
• Strong learning aptitude and motivation to apply knowledge to real problems.

Responsibilities

• Build, run, and improve core backend systems with a collaborative team.
• Take end-to-end ownership of systems from design to deployment.
• Lead design reviews and contribute to engineering standards.
• Mentor teammates and share technical guidance.
• Partner with product and design to shape what we build.

Job description

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. Join us as we empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join in building the Scheduling product as part of Toast’s Team Management Suite for restaurant employers. You’ll play a key roll* in the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions that enable restaurant owners to build an optimal labor plan that balances interests in profitability, employee’s desire for predictability and flexibility, and guest satisfaction.

About this roll*:

As a Software Engineer on our team, you will:

• Build, run, and improve core backend systems alongside a collaborative, supportive team.
• Take end-to-end ownership of systems, contributing to a strong engineering culture focused on quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Lead work across the full development lifecycle—design, estimation, implementation, testing, debugging, and deployment—while learning and applying best practices for building and operating reliable systems at scale.
• Ship code that directly impacts Toast’s growth and the day-to-day operations of restaurant teams
• Partner with product and design to influence what we build and how we build it
• Contribute to and elevate team standards through thoughtful code reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members

Do you have the right ingredients*?

• 5+ years of back-end experience with one or more object-oriented programming languages (such as Java, Kotlin, or similar).
• Experience owning and operating production systems.
• A track record of tackling ambiguous, high-impact challenges and delivering scalable solutions
• Ability and motivation to learn quickly and apply knowledge to solve real problems
• A hunger to take on challenging projects and build systems that operate at massive scale.

Above all, we’re looking for a strong engineer with solid fundamentals.

This role is for a current vacancy.