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As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the backend systems that power our platform. If you’re passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure backend services and want to make a real impact in the restaurant industry, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s bring your expertise to the table and create solutions that serve millions of customers.\nA day in the life (Responsibilities)\nAs a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Toast, you will:\nBuild new products and Evolve Toast’s existing products suite to meet global market needs\nLead projects from discovery and development to roll out\nDesign, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs.\nCollaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and data teams, to deliver impactful solutions.\nLead efforts to enhance the performance and reliability of our systems, ensuring high availability and low latency.\nContribute to architectural decisions and mentor junior team members.\nImplement best practices in software development, including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD processes.\nAddress complex technical challenges, such as third-party integrations, data synchronization, and large-scale distributed systems.\nStay updated on emerging backend technologies and advocate for their adoption where appropriate.\nWhat you'll need to thrive (Requirements):\n 6+ years of experience in backend development with a strong focus on scalable, distributed systems.\nMinimum educational qualifications : Any UG\nProficiency in one or more backend programming languages, such as Java, Kotlin.\nDeep understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and database design (SQL and NoSQL).\nExperience with cloud platforms preferably AWS and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.\nStrong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex technical challenges.\nExcellent communication skills with a collaborative and team-oriented mindset.\nKnowledge of event-driven architectures and message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ.\nContributions to open-source projects or active involvement in technical communities.\nExperience with mentoring and leading engineering initiatives.\nWork mode - Hybrid (2 days a week in office)\nAI at Toast At Toast,\none of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.\nOur Total Rewards Philosophy\nWe strive to provide 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.\nHow Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process\nThroughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people. We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring\nOur Approach to Hybrid Working\nWe embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location. 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