Requirements

5+ years of back-end software engineering experience in Kotlin or another relevant language.
Strong experience with distributed systems, including designing for reliability, diagnosing failures, and scaling services.
Experience owning and operating production systems, with solid instincts around testing and code quality.
A track record of tackling ambiguous, high-impact challenges and delivering scalable solutions.
Curiosity about how traffic moves through large-scale systems, and the motivation to learn quickly and apply what you learn.
Clear communication and a collaborative approach to working across teams and time zones.

Nice to Haves

Experience building platforms or infrastructure used by other engineering teams.
Familiarity with network or traffic-management concepts such as routing, load balancing, DNS, or HTTP.
Experience with AWS, infrastructure as code (such as Terraform), or cloud networking.
Experience with service meshes (such as Envoy or Istio) or operating high-availability traffic systems.

Design, build, test, deploy, and operate software that helps Toast's services connect and route traffic reliably.
Improve the scalability, resilience, and observability of critical systems as Toast grows.
Take end-to-end ownership of systems, making changes safer to roll out and failures easier to detect, diagnose, and resolve.
Investigate production issues, participate in on-call, and turn what we learn into lasting improvements.
Collaborate with engineers across Toast on projects that span services and infrastructure.
Contribute to technical designs and raise team standards through thoughtful code reviews and technical discussions.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members.
Use AI tooling as a genuine part of your workflow, not an afterthought.

Competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to attract, retain, and motivate top talent.
Support for a healthy lifestyle with flexibility to meet changing needs.
Hybrid work model requiring two days a week in the office fostering in-person collaboration.
Inclusive and accessible hiring process with reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities.