Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend @ Toast

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Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend

Toast
1 - 4 years
Chennai
8 months ago
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At Toast, we re on a mission to help the restaurant community thrive through cutting-edge SaaS and fintech solutions. As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you ll play a pivotal role in architecting, building, and scaling the backend systems that power our platform. If you re passionate about solving complex technical challenges, optimizing performance, and making a tangible impact in the restaurant industry, we d love to have you on our team. About This Roll* (Responsibilities)

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer , you will:

Technical Execution:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs.
- Optimize systems for performance (e.g., indexing strategies, latency analysis) and high availability.
- Lead projects from discovery to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals.
Leadership & Collaboration:
- Mentor junior engineers with measurable outcomes (e.g., skill development, project ownership).
- Resolve team disagreements through collaborative decision-making (beyond PoCs) and articulate trade-offs.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence through code reviews, best practices, and knowledge sharing.
Strategic Impact:
- Communicate the "why" behind technical decisions to stakeholders, linking them to business outcomes.
- Balance feature delivery with tech debt, advocating for long-term system health.
- Contribute to sprint planning and prioritization with a focus on ROI.

Do You Have the Right Ingredients*? (Requirements)

Technical Skills:
- 6+ years of backend development experience (Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Kafka).
- Expertise in microservices, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker/Kubernetes).
- Proven ability to optimize performance (e.g., indexing, concurrency, gRPC).
Leadership & Communication:
- Demonstrated mentorship experience with tangible results.
- Ability to align technical decisions with business goals and explain them clearly.
- Experience resolving team conflicts through collaboration (not just PoCs).
Strategic Mindset:
- Understands trade-offs between speed and scalability/tech debt.
- Exposure to sprint planning and prioritization frameworks.

Special Sauce* (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves)

While not required, these skills will make you stand out:

Experience with restaurant or fintech systems, including payment processing or POS integrations.
Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, Splunk, or Prometheus.
Knowledge of event-driven architectures and message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
Contributions to open-source projects or active involvement in technical communities.
Experience with mentoring and leading engineering initiatives.

Job Classification

Industry: Software Product
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Back End Developer
Employement Type: Full time

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Company: Toast
Location(s): Chennai

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Toast, Inc. is a cloud-based restaurant management software company founded in 2012, offering an Android-based point of sale (POS) system for restaurants and bars. The company went public in 2021 and is valued at around $20 billion. Toast is used in approximately 120,000 US restaurants and expande...

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