Who We Are
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. Because of our unique scale, we are positioned to provide mission-critical financial services directly to the hospitality industry.
Are you bready* for a change?
We are looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer to help us architect and grow the next generation of these essential financial products. This team is specifically focused on empowering restaurant owners to pay their bills with ease, visualize their financial health in real-time, and automate their bookkeeping workflows. You will be building the interfaces that turn complex financial data into actionable business insights.
About this roll* (Responsibilities)
- Join a collaborative team of Design, Product, and QA to develop robust and scalable applications
- Lead architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap for our financial visualization and automation tools.
- Provide design feedback and lead code reviews to ensure every implementation meets our high bar for reliability
- Contribute to team discussions on product features, design, and overall strategy.
- Advocate for best coding practices and provide technical guidance/mentorship to other team members
Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development, ideally in front-end or web platform roles
- Strong experience with React, TypeScript, and frontend build systems
- Exposure to backend systems (Java/Kotlin preferred) with deep understanding of API interactions
- Experience delivering high-quality, reliable services to production
- Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility to deliver user value quickly
- Strong cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics across product domains
- Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
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 and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible), benefits, and equity (if eligible).
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: 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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