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Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform

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2 months ago
Dublin, IrelandStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Work hands-on with Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, and streaming infrastructure to diagnose performance issues and build scalable systems.
  • Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions for critical data platform initiatives.
  • Design and evolve developer-facing platform APIs and abstractions that enable engineering self-service.
  • Align stakeholders across engineering, product, and leadership on architectural changes.
  • Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices across the organization.
  • Use AI tooling to increase individual and team productivity.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with meaningful experience in data platforms or distributed systems.
  • Deep expertise in Apache Spark and Apache Iceberg.
  • Strong experience with streaming infrastructure such as Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, or similar technologies.
  • Experience with cloud-native data platforms on AWS.
  • Experience designing internal platforms and developer-facing abstractions.
  • Ability to drive technical alignment across multi-team environments and communicate architectural direction effectively.
  • Databricks experience is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Hybrid role requiring in-office collaboration two days per week in the Dublin office.
  • Toast provides benefits and total rewards programs intended to support competitive compensation, healthy lifestyles, and employees’ changing needs.
  • Accessible and inclusive hiring process with reasonable accommodations available.

Tech Stack

Categories

BackendData Engineering
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About Toast

5,001-10,000 employees

Toast builds an all-in-one, cloud-based POS and restaurant management platform combining software, Android-based terminals, and integrated payments for restaurants. Revenue comes from SaaS subscriptions, hardware sales, and payment processing, with add-ons such as online ordering, delivery integrations, and payroll. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Boston, it is a public company on the NYSE serving single-location eateries to multi-unit groups across the U.S. and expanding internationally.

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