Description
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Toast, you'll play a critical role in shaping the backend systems that power our platform.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Toast, you will:
- Build new products and evolve Toast's existing products suite to meet global market needs
- Lead projects from discovery and development to roll out
- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and data teams, to deliver impactful solutions
- Lead efforts to enhance the performance and reliability of our systems, ensuring high availability and low latency
- Contribute to architectural decisions and mentor junior team members
- Implement best practices in software development, including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD processes
- Address complex technical challenges, such as third-party integrations, data synchronization, and large-scale distributed systems
- Stay updated on emerging backend technologies and advocate for their adoption where appropriate
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in backend development with a strong focus on scalable, distributed systems
- Minimum educational qualifications: Any UG
- Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages, such as Java, Kotlin
- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and database design (SQL and NoSQL)
- Experience with cloud platforms preferably AWS and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex technical challenges
- Excellent communication skills with a collaborative and team-oriented mindset
- 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
- Work mode - Hybrid (2 days a week in office)
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