Staff Software Engineer, Config Platform — Scale & Impact

Toast; United States; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast is seeking engineers for the Config Platform team to design and operate high-throughput, scalable systems that power the Toast ecosystem. You will drive architecture across the organization, mentor staff engineers, and improve productivity while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development.

The role emphasizes long-term strategic alignment with business goals, cross-team collaboration, and delivering reliable infrastructure for global customers.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering and operating mission-critical production services at scale.
• Own end-to-end architecture for high-throughput systems and distributed services.
• Ability to mentor senior engineers and lead teams across the organization.
• Deep understanding of platforms and internal tooling to boost velocity.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable systems.
• Define and drive long-term technical architecture and strategy.
• Communicate technical direction and sponsor senior engineers' growth.
• Improve engineering productivity and diagnose performance bottlenecks.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance development workflow and innovation.

Skills

High throughput systems

Distributed architecture

Technical leadership

Kotlin/Java backend

Cloud, AWS

Tools

Kotlin/Java

DropWizard

AWS

Postgres

React/ES6

Job description

Toast is seeking engineers for the Config Platform team to design and operate high-throughput, scalable systems that power the Toast ecosystem. You will drive architecture across the organization, mentor staff engineers, and improve productivity while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development.

The role emphasizes long-term strategic alignment with business goals, cross-team collaboration, and delivering reliable infrastructure for global customers.