Toast
Fintech
StaffSoftwareEngineer-Backend
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“Staff Software Engineer- Backend at Toast. Skills: Backend services, API design, Microservices architecture, Payments processing. Plan features for Toast’s payments products. Design features for Toast’s payments products”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in designing and implementing robust backend services, Ability to step into a technical leadership role, Proven ability to design and develop scalable and secure APIs, Applied knowledge of best practices in API lifecycle management, Demonstrated experience with microservices architecture, Demonstrated experience with containerization technologies
Nice to Have
Proficiency with DynamoDB or PostgreSQL, Proficiency in Kotlin (or Java and willing to learn Kotlin), Experience with modern data architectures, Experience designing payments APIs, Familiarity with PCI-DSS, Familiarity with AI-augmented development workflows and tools
What You'll Do.
Plan features for Toast’s payments products
Design features for Toast’s payments products
Build features for Toast’s payments products
Deliver features for Toast’s payments products
Develop best practices
Implement best practices
Roll features out to customers
Monitor feature success
Collaborate on feature definition
Collaborate on feature design
Partner with teams across Toast
Spread knowledge inter-team
Spread knowledge intr-team
Work with experienced engineers
Deliver design reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Internal teams; External systems
Full Job Description
Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy. We’re not your traditional tech company and we don’t aim to be. Going against the grain is in our DNA. Building a revolutionary product begins with revolutionary thinking. That’s why we value diversity of background and lived experience. Together, we empower restaurants of all sizes to build great teams, increase revenue, improve operations, and delight their guests. We pair our deep understanding of the restaurant industry with powerful cloud based software and restaurant-grade hardware to deliver an intuitive all-in-one platform. Join us on our mission to empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive. Fintech at Toast operates one of the most critical portions of the Toast infrastructure: processing payments on behalf of our restaurants and ensuring that restaurants are paid in a timely manner. Payment processing is a key source of Toast’s revenue and also the lifeblood of our customers; we process millions of dollars in transactions per day. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Payments team to build out our unified payment processing solution. This platform offers a single, integrated service for payment acceptance across various channels and supports a configurable enterprise approach. It is designed to allow a build-once, available-to-all strategy for both existing and emerging payment methods. The successful candidate will guide and contribute to the development of services providing supporting and core functionality within and around this payment processing solution. A day in the life (Responsibilities) Plan, design, build, and deliver features for Toast’s payments products Plan, develop, and implement best practices such as automated test suites to ensure the code shipped to our customers meets the highest quality standard
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