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Software Engineer, Orders API

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Boston, MA, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$104k - $213k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement features that improve the functionality, scalability, and reliability of the Orders API.
  • Define and drive automated testing strategy, coverage, and quality practices.
  • Own production monitoring, observability, alerting, availability, on-call response, and incident response.
  • Participate in design feedback, code reviews, architectural discussions, and API evolution.
  • Collaborate with Product, QA, and engineering teams to deliver robust services.
  • Improve development tooling and delivery practices while advocating for strong coding practices.
  • Use AI tools to improve development workflow and engineering productivity.

Requirements

  • Require 3+ years of backend experience with Java, Kotlin, or another object-oriented language.
  • Require proficiency with modern web standards and API technologies including REST and GraphQL, including schema design, evolution, and versioning.
  • Require experience owning testing strategy for a service or component, including automated testing and coverage.
  • Require experience operating production services with monitoring, alerting, observability, and incident response.
  • Require experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices.
  • Require proficiency with relational databases and alternative data stores.
  • Require proficiency with AI tooling such as Cursor, Claude, and MCP servers.
  • Strong cross-team communication skills on technical topics and a passion for technology and learning are expected.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits programs, including cash compensation, equity, and other total rewards components; compensation figures are excluded here.
  • Hybrid work model supporting in-person collaboration, with regional office expectations varying by location.
  • Benefits intended to support healthy lifestyles and flexibility for changing needs.
  • Accessible and inclusive hiring process with reasonable accommodations available for candidates with disabilities.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache SparkAWSGraphQLJavaKotlinPostgreSQLRabbitMQ

Categories

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About Toast

1,001-5,000 employees

Toast is the operating system behind the hardest-working people out there — the restaurateurs and retailers running busy businesses. We build tools to match their effort, rigorously designed to perform under pressure, with 1,000 little features for every make-or-break moment. Our POS platform brings hardware, software, AI, and financial technology together to help operators get busy, stay busy, and run busy. We’re Toasters, proud to innovate alongside our customers. Want to join us? https://careers.toasttab.com/

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