Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack Location : Chennai 

Toast is a technology company that specializes in providing a comprehensive all-in-one SaaS product and financial  technology solutions tailored for the restaurant industry. Toast offers a suite of tools to help restaurants manage their operations, including point of sale, payment processing, supplier management, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty, employee scheduling and team management. The platform is designed to streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and improve overall efficiency for the restaurants. 

Are you bready* for a change?

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Accounts Payable team you will play a pivotal role in developing, and maintaining both the front-end and back-end components of complex, scalable applications This role will involve working on enterprise-level systems, with a focus on creating high-performance, secure, and scalable solutions that meet business needs. You will collaborate closely with product managers, UX team, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions.

Join us to improve our platform and add the next generation of products. 

About this roll* (Responsibilities)

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will:

• Be part of a team working collaboratively with UX, PM, QA and other engineers designing, building and maintaining high performance, flexible and highly scalable Saas applications.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications across the full stack, with expertise in C# (backend), Java (middleware services), and front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular, JavaScript).
• Develop robust server-side logic, APIs, and integrations using C# in .NET frameworks, ensuring high scalability and performance.
• Implement user interfaces and client-side logic using modern JavaScript frameworks (React) to ensure seamless and responsive user experiences.
• Design, optimize, and maintain relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases (SQL Server, Postgres, DynamoDB). Work on data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and maintain high availability of production systems.
• Implement machine learning or Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to streamline data extraction from invoices and minimize manual intervention.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure that developed solutions are scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Advocate best coding practices to raise the bar for you, your team and the company
• Document solution design, write & review code, test and rollout solutions to production, 
• Work with PM in capturing & actioning customer feedback to iteratively enhance customer experience
• Propose and implement improvements to enhance system efficiency, scalability, and user experience.
• Present findings and insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Passionate about making users happy and seeing people use your product in the wild.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• 6+ years of experience in full-stack software development, specifically using C# Or Java/Kotlin.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, or other integrations with internal and external services.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and cloud-native development.

• Proficient in data engineering and database technologies such as SQL server, Postgres, or DynamoDB.
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing frameworks like xUnit, JUnit, or NUnit.
• Experience working in a team with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Must have experience supporting and debugging large distributed applications.
• Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and improve system performance through logging and metrics
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication skills to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, with a passion for learning and staying current with new technologies.

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.