Senior Android Engineer, International

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 taking steps to help restaurants navigate these unprecedented times with technology, resources, and community. Our focus is on building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people, restaurants can trust that we’ll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their restaurant of the future. 

Toast has established itself as the leading hospitality platform in the US, and we are now setting our sights on the global stage. As part of the International team, in our missions to expand globally,  we are building the core systems to launch Toast into new markets. You will join a high-impact, high-ownership engineering team solving complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment. This role is not just about shipping features — it is about building the core infrastructure, tools, and workflows that enable every engineering team at Toast to deliver internationally-ready products faster and with confidence.                   

The team works closely with other teams, driving key international business objectives while improving the productivity of the entire Toast engineering organization. Key areas of focus include internationalisation, distributed systems, infrastructure, tooling, and workflows, all of which are essential for the success of Toast's products in international markets.

• →Define, collaborate and drive  i18n approaches and quality standards across the iOS/android community in engineering organisation
• →Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features across Toast’s products
• →Evolve Toast’s existing products suite to meet global market needs
• →Collaborate with UX and PM on the definition and design of features  
• →Collaborate with the team to plan and estimate work 
• →Work closely with Toast internal teams and pilot customers to ensure successfully deliver international ready products
• →Build core features into the Point of Sale
• →Mentor and coach other engineers

• High level of proficiency with Kotlin, Java or another object-oriented language, with a deep understanding of testing, quality & best practices.
• High level of proficiency working with Android systems
• The ability to take complex business problems, and create easy-to-use solutions at scale.
• Working experience of API principles e.g. REST
• Enjoys building well-engineered, usable and accessible systems
• Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild
• Ability to embrace an agile mindset focused on delivering usable software
• Adaptable to work in changing environments

• Experience with localisation and internationalization frameworks
• Proficiency in iOS and Android development 
• Experience working in backend Java/Kotlin micro services

• 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 and DynamoDB as core persistence.
• Pulsar, Camel and RabbitMQ for message-based integrations.
• And many more technologies that help us build a top class platform.

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.

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.

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 candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.

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