Senior Software Engineer – Distributed Systems & Networking
Toast, Inc.Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and operate software that connects Toast services and routes traffic reliably.
- Improve the scalability, resilience, and observability of critical distributed systems.
- Own systems end to end and make deployments, failure detection, diagnosis, and resolution safer and more effective.
- Investigate production issues, participate in on-call, and implement lasting reliability improvements.
- Collaborate with engineers across services and infrastructure teams on cross-functional projects.
- Contribute to technical designs, code reviews, and technical discussions while raising team standards.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members.
- Use AI tooling as part of the daily engineering workflow.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend software engineering experience using Kotlin or another relevant language.
- Strong experience designing, scaling, operating, and diagnosing distributed systems for reliability.
- Experience owning production systems with solid testing and code-quality practices.
- Demonstrated ability to solve ambiguous, high-impact problems and deliver scalable solutions.
- Interest in large-scale traffic systems and motivation to learn and apply new concepts.
- Clear communication and collaborative experience across teams and time zones.
- Preferred: experience building platforms or infrastructure for engineering teams.
- Preferred: familiarity with routing, load balancing, DNS, HTTP, cloud networking, service meshes, or high-availability traffic systems.
- Preferred: experience with AWS, Terraform, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
Benefits
- Hybrid role requiring two days per week in the office.
- Toast provides competitive compensation and benefits intended to support employees’ health, lifestyle, and changing needs.
- Toast provides AI-assisted development tools across disciplines.
- Toast supports an accessible and inclusive hiring process with reasonable accommodations.
About Toast, Inc.
Bottom Line – Solving business problems and generating positive growth is our jam! We are focused on helping purpose-driven brands make a positive impact with predictable Inbound Growth Programs. As a small business, we get it. Growing pains are genuine for many companies in today’s evolving digital landscape. Standing apart from your competition, connecting with your customers, predictably hitting your goals, and scaling are becoming more challenging as local and global markets expand. But it's not impossible. Digging into the unique challenges your business encounters, we analyze every detail and identify opportunities to grow. Our conversational framework is based on data, mixed with beautiful design, story-telling, and smothered in personality to craft marketing and sales strategies that make it all happen. Do you want to transform your company into a crave-worthy brand that new and existing customers will love and promote? Let's Get Cookin'!