Software Engineer II - Data Platform Team

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.

Now, more than ever, the Toast team is committed to our customers. 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.

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 data products for other Toasters to leverage, and we're looking for an enthusiastic engineer to realize that vision.

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

• Use the data infrastructure to build and deliver meaningful data to our customers
• Work closely with a small group of engineers across a broad spectrum of projects.
• 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*? (Requirements)

• 2-3 years experience working with SQL on complex datasets is a must for this role
• 2-3 years experience of an application programming language, such as Java, Python, Javascript.
• Experience working within the data analysis ecosystem on top of platforms such as Spark, Iceberg, Databricks, or Snowflake.
• Knowledge of microservice based architecture operating at scale, preferably in a cloud environment such as AWS.
• Experience with Java, Groovy, Kotlin or JVM-based language is a plus.
• Experience with Apache Iceberg, Apache Druid, Apache Flink is a plus.

**This is a hybrid role requiring two days per week in our Dublin office**

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