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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.
As a Principal Engineer on the Card Readers team you will be a technical leader responsible for designing developing and maintaining our POS payment integrations. You will work closely with hardware SDKs the core POS application team and other cross-functional stakeholders to drive technical decisions and define the target architecture for our payment solutions. Your expertise in high-throughput asynchronous JVM solutions coupled with a deep understanding of mission-critical transactional processing will be crucial in delivering robust and scalable solutions.
A day in the life (Responsibilities)
- Develop and execute technical strategies to solve complex business challenges leveraging data and customer insights to prioritize impactful improvements.
- Establish guiding technical and delivery principles that influence engineering practices across the broader engineering organization.
- Architect design and develop robust high-performance applications using Kotlin optimized for security speed availability and reliability.
- Raise the bar as a high-throughput hands-on code contributor modeling high standards.
- Lead agile development processes including sprint planning daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
- Mentor and guide engineers fostering a culture of continuous improvement inclusivity and engineering excellence.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business aligning technical solutions with strategic objectives.
- 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)
- Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-team platform initiatives setting technical direction beyond a single team or service
- Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin Java and/or JVM languages including high-scale successes with multi-threading/concurrency (deep experience with coroutines a plus)
- Fluency with card payments particularly EMV standards and technology.
- Experience working in a large (Android) project/codebase architecting for clear domain boundaries modularity reusability and testability
- Track record of complex and robust SDK integrations completed successfully
- Expertise in security and key management best practices
- Experience designing public APIs for hassle-free consumption
- Expertise in observability monitoring and alerting for complex user-device interactions
- Strong skills in mentoring a team of developers on best practices
- Openness and enthusiasm for AI tooling to enhance R&D productivity
- Excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving skills that lead others by example
Nice to have:
- Low-level hardware/device integration experience and/or experience with hardware abstraction
- Experience working with third-party payment gateways in-app purchases POS integrations or other aspects of fintech
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.
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. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring
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
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: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.
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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Skills Required
- Lead large cross-team platform initiatives and set technical direction
- Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin Java and/or JVM languages
- Deep experience with multi-threading/concurrency (coroutines a plus)
- Fluency with card payments and EMV standards/technology
- Experience working in a large Android codebase architecting for modularity and testability
- Proven track record of complex and robust SDK integrations
- Expertise in security and key management best practices
- Experience designing public APIs for easy consumption
- Expertise in observability monitoring and alerting for user-device interactions
- Strong mentoring and leadership skills for engineering teams
- Openness and enthusiasm for AI tooling to enhance development productivity
- Excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving skills
- Low-level hardware/device integration or hardware abstraction experience
- Experience with third-party payment gateways in-app purchases POS integrations or fintech
What the Team is Saying
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Toast Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Parental & Family Support—Paid parental leave and family‑forming resources are highlighted as generous and inclusive. Backup child/adult care and caregiving supports further strengthen this area.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Flexible PTO paid company holidays and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure indicate broad time‑off options. Feedback suggests these policies compare well with peer tech employers.
- Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits—Access to no‑cost therapy/coaching wellness stipends and financial‑wellness resources is emphasized. These offerings extend support beyond core insurance into day‑to‑day wellbeing.
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What We Do
Toast is the all-in-one platform built for restaurants of all sizes. Toast provides a single platform of software as a service (SaaS) products and financial technology solutions that give restaurants everything they need to run their business including point of sale payments supplier management digital ordering and delivery marketing and loyalty and team management. By serving as the restaurant operating system across dine-in takeout and delivery channels Toast helps restaurants increase revenue streamline operations and deliver amazing guest experiences.
Why Work With Us
Our recipe for an awesome workplace: One splash of friendship A dollop of impact A sprinkle of no hierarchy & A heavy spoonful of individuality Mix these ingredients in a fast-paced and hardworking environment. Best paired with a side of interesting people who always bring their whole selves to work. *100% Sunday scary free
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