Staff Software Engineer, Android

Staff Software Engineer, Android

Who We Are

• 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.
• Are you bready* for a change?
• Toast currently serves hundreds of multi-unit brands, including Caribou Coffee, Choice Hotels, Craveworthy Brands, WaBa Grill, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Papa Gino's & D'Angelo, Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill, and The Human Bean, among others.
• We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our enterprise drive-thru team and help us build the best-in-class drive-thru solutions that enable significant future growth.
• You will get to work across the entire Toast platform, including our scalable backend, customer-facing web apps, and everything else in between.
• As a member of the Drive-Thru Enterprise team, you will help ensure our products are built to meet the evolving needs of these customers.
• You can read more on our Toast for Enterprise Page .

About this roll * (Responsibilities)

• Define the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the Drive-Thru domain, balancing immediate delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Standardize Android best practices across the organization, influencing how multiple teams build and deploy mobile features.
• Architect the interface between mobile clients and complex backend services to ensure offline-resiliency in high-volume drive-thru environments.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features across Toast's enterprise management products.
• Identify high-impact opportunities within the Drive-Thru ecosystem and partner with Product and UX leadership to define the roadmap.
• Bridge the gap between Android and backend systems to ensure a seamless, end-to-end enterprise experience.
• Guide the growth & development of peer engineers with mentoring and coaching.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence by driving innovation and continuously improving engineering practices.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• 8+ years of experience developing and maintaining Android applications
• Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
• Proficient with modern API standards and technologies (e.g., REST, GraphQL)
• Proven track record of leading teams through major architectural transformations and delivering high-impact, scalable solutions in multi-product environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Passionate about driving innovation and continuously improving engineering practices
• Proven ability to influence non-technical stakeholders and align technical debt reduction with business value
• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science

What we use to make our dish (Our Tech Stack)

• A core of Java & Kotlin based backend services.
• React SPAs leveraging Tailwind, GraphQL, and Storybook.
• Android app built in Java & Kotlin.
• PostgreSQL and DynamoDB as core persistence.
• Pulsar, Camel, and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations.
• And many more technologies that help us build a top-class platform.

AI at Toast

• At Toast, one 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.

Our Total Rewards Philosophy

• We 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 .
• The base salary range for this role is listed below.
• The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location.
• In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
• You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .

Zone A

$193,000 — $309,000 USD

Zone B

$168,000 — $269,000 USD

Zone C

$151,000 — $242,000 USD

• How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
• Throughout 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.

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

• We 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.
• Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
• People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
• At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
• The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
• We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

Apply today!

• Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process.
• As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process.
• If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .

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