Full Stack Software Engineer II - Guest Engagement at Toast

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. We’re seeking a Software Engineer to work within our team focused on building impactful capabilities that empower restaurants to drive Guest engagement, retention and growth. The team will help shape the future of how restaurants use technology to connect with their guests - increasingly through AI-powered tools and experiences that drive automation, personalization and smarter decision-making. You will be a key part of a high-impact, high-ownership engineering team solving complex challenges in a fast-moving product space. Your role will balance technical excellence alongside a strong product mindset to solve for continuous growth within both the team and our product space. A day in the life (Responsibilities) • Deliver projects that deeply connect restaurants with their guests within a cross-functional collaborative and supportive environment. • Design, build, deploy and maintain highly resilient and scalable systems critical to our customers’ success. • Collaborate with team members and other engineers across the company. • Monitor feature rollouts to ensure customer success, iterating and improving when necessary. • Advocate for best coding practices, raising the bar for yourself, your team and the company. • Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team. What you'll need to thrive (Requirements) • Driven by impact and solving for the customer • Proficient in Java, Kotlin, or similar object-oriented languages • Experience with modern web technologies and UI frameworks (e.g., React, Javascript , TypeScript, REST, GraphQL) • Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems • Ability to break down problems and communicate solutions clearly throughout cross-functional teams. • Values personal and team growth, balancing task completion with platform stability. Our Tech Stack • A core of Java & Kotlin based backend services. • React SPAs leveraging Tailwind, GraphQL and Storybook. • Android app built in Java & Kotlin running in the restaurant. • PostgreSQL, Dynamodb for persistence. • Pulsar, Camel and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations. • And many more technologies that help us build a top class platform. **This role requires a minimum of two days per week in our Dublin office** #LI-HYBRID #BI-Hybrid 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 [Upgrade to PRO to see link] 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. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences. We Thrive Together 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 restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: [Upgrade to PRO to see link] 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. 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