About the Role
Toast is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead with expertise in Kotlin and a strong background in building scalable APIs. This role involves leading a team to enhance our Team Management Platform APIs, focusing on system design and technical roadmaps. You will work closely with Product Management to drive these initiatives, aiming to unify disparate data and implement scalable, flexible APIs that unlock new capabilities for our customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of APIs.
- Manage the migration of customer experiences to centralize all access to these domains across the Toast product suite.
- Influence product direction through technical insights.
- Drive API best practices.
- Champion quality automation and unit testing.
- Provide technical design feedback and participate in code reviews.
- Ensure that all work done by the team is delivered with quality and is appropriately monitored and supported in production.
- Mentor other team members.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages.
- Experience with traditional databases and alternative data stores (DynamoDB a plus).
- Prior experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, or microservices.
- Proficiency in Software Development best practices (Code Quality, UnitTest, BDD).
- Experience integrating with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch is a strong plus.
- Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics.
- Enjoy collaborating with and mentoring colleagues.
- Passionate about technology and learning new things.
Our Tech Stack
- Extensive AWS footprint: S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, etc.
- Core Java & Kotlin based backend services.
- PostgresQL and DynamoDB as core persistence.
- Pulsar, Camel, and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations.
- OpenSearch to power our APIs.
Total Rewards
- Competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry.
- Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Competitive compensation
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Flexible work hours
- Remote work
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