Staff Software Engineer - Application Infrastructure

Toast seeks an experienced software engineer to architect, design, and deliver high-performance, ultra-reliable cloud platform and infrastructure services used by millions, resolve performance bottlenecks, define engineering best practices, collaborate with Product on technical direction, and leverage AI tools to enhance development workflow. This role involves overseeing sharded PostgreSQL databases, driving event-driven architecture with Apache Pulsar, and providing tools for scheduling jobs.

Hands-on experience building and operating complex, mission-critical, large-scale distributed systems in the Cloud. Expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, APIs, and integration patterns. Track record of delivering clean, maintainable, and resilient code. Proficiency in Java or Kotlin preferred. Exceptional communication and collaboration skills. Demonstrated record of mentoring junior team members and enhancing the team's effectiveness.