[Remote] Staff Software Engineer - Application Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world. They are looking for an experienced software engineer to play a critical role in further scaling and developing Toast’s cloud platform and infrastructure, responsible for developing secure, observable, highly available, large-scale shared services and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver ultra-reliable, high-performance services and infrastructure used by millions
• Uncover and resolve performance bottlenecks across infrastructure, databases, and APIs
• Define and enable adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines
• Collaborate closely with the Product team to influence features, technical direction, and long-term product vision
• Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team

Skills

• Hands-on experience building and operating complex, mission-critical, large-scale distributed systems in the Cloud
• Expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, APIs, and integration patterns
• Track record of delivering clean, maintainable, and resilient code that stands the test of time
• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin preferred (experience in other modern programming languages also valued)
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with demonstrated ability to align and inspire cross-functional teams
• A demonstrated record of mentoring junior team members and enhancing the team's effectiveness

Benefits

• Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
• Equity
• Benefits
• Flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs
• Hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs
• Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process

Company Overview

Toast is a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform designed for businesses in the food service and hospitality industry. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://pos.toasttab.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Toast has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 14 in 2026, 26 in 2025, 32 in 2024, 39 in 2023, 66 in 2022, 29 in 2021, 17 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.