Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.
Who We Are
The Data Platform team is responsible for building and maintaining the scalable, high-performance data infrastructure that powers Toast's analytical capabilities. We're a team of data enthusiasts who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business insights and decision-making. Our focus is on creating tools and infrastructure for other Toasters to leverage, and we're looking for a technical leader to help us achieve this vision.
About this roll* (Responsibilities)
As a principal engineer, you will be in a unique position to shape the technical direction of our Data Platform, working closely with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes through data-driven insights. As a technical leader, you will be responsible for architecting and implementing scalable data solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned engineer who wants to work with a talented team, modern tech stack, and solve complex data problems at scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of our Data Platform
- Design and optimize real-time analytics solutions with Apache Druid
- Implement data lake strategies using Apache Iceberg for efficient data management
- Improve self-service large-scale data processing pipelines using Apache Spark
- Drive the evolution of our data architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity, and engineering excellence
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes through data-driven insights
- Set a high bar for code quality, testing, and documentation, ensuring our data solutions meet the highest standards
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business, aligning technical solutions with strategic objectives
Do you have the right ingredients*? (Qualities & Essential Skills)
- 10+ years of developing complex software applications
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, especially distributed data processing, and data storage
- Ability to navigate complex organizational structures, effectively communicating with stakeholders from various departments to align data initiatives with business goals
- Experience working with Apache Spark, bonus for experience with Apache Druid or Iceberg
- Experience working on an internal platform team, identifying high leverage work, and working closely with users to optimize processes
- Proficiency in Java or Kotlin
- Proficiency in managing cloud resources, capacity planning, and balancing cost & performance tradeoffs
- Passionate about data quality, data governance, and data security
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts
Our Spread* of Total Rewards
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.
*Bread puns encouraged but not required
#LI-Remote
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
Pay Range
$158,000—$253,000 USD
We are Toasters
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success.
At Toast our employees are our secret ingredient. When they are powered to succeed, Toast succeeds.
The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse industries. We embrace and are excited by this diversity, believing that only through authenticity, inclusivity, high standards of respect and trust, and leading with humility will we be able to achieve our goals.
Baking inclusive principles into our company and diversity into our design provides equitable opportunities for all and enhances our ability to be first in class in all aspects of our industry.
Bready* to make a change? 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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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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Toast Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
