Software Engineer II, Developer Experience
Toast, Inc.Base Salary
$104k - $213k/yr
Responsibilities
- Maintain and expand local development tools that accelerate engineers during the inner loop of development.
- Contribute to internal development platform components, including service templates and the developer portal.
- Identify and resolve workflow bottlenecks such as slow builds, flaky tests, and difficult setup steps, using data to measure impact.
- Maintain testing frameworks and core libraries used to develop web services.
- Integrate and roll out AI-assisted development tools and help engineers adopt them effectively.
- Partner with product engineering teams to gather feedback and improve the developer platform.
- Operate owned services in production, including monitoring, on-call participation, and incident follow-up.
- Write documentation and participate in design and code reviews.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production software.
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose language such as Kotlin, Java, Go, or TypeScript.
- Experience building and maintaining core libraries and developer tooling.
- Working knowledge of containers and cloud infrastructure such as Docker and AWS.
- Solid grounding in testing practices and maintainable, well-tested code.
- Ability to work across unfamiliar codebases and debug problems across the stack.
- Strong empathy for developer users and ability to explain technical tradeoffs clearly.
- Experience with the Backstage Developer Portal, AI-augmented development workflows, third-party tools such as LaunchDarkly, Wiremock Cloud, or Postman, developer tools or plugins, developer metrics, or observability tools such as Datadog is preferred.
Benefits
- US remote or hybrid work in Boston, New York, or San Francisco.
- Toast offers a total rewards package including base compensation, potential overtime, bonus or commissions if eligible, equity, and benefits.
- Hybrid work supports in-person collaboration while accommodating individual needs, with regional in-office expectations.
- Accessible and inclusive hiring process with reasonable accommodations available.
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'!