🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead full-stack AI-native solutions for Toast's AI pod, tackling complex, high-impact problems across product and platform landscapes. You'll drive technical architecture from backend services to frontend interfaces, and mentor engineers. This role combines deep technical expertise with AI-first approaches in a hybrid setting.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Lead full-stack design and delivery of AI-native solutions across cross-functional problems.
• Drive technical architecture for pod initiatives, from backend APIs to frontend interfaces.
• Build and integrate LLM-powered agents, tools, and workflows into product contexts.
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, system design, and testing.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing.

📋 Requirements

• 10+ years experience designing and delivering scalable software systems with full-stack background.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical architecture for a platform, product, or engineering team.
• Experience building, deploying, or operating LLM-powered agents or AI platform infrastructure.
• Strong foundation in modern backend (Java, Kotlin or similar) and frontend (TypeScript, React or similar) technologies.

✨ Nice to Have

• Familiarity with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and extending them.
• Experience with MCP, tool use patterns, or agentic integration frameworks.
• Strong prompt engineering skills and intuition for LLM behavior.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💰 Competitive compensation and benefits programs.
• 🏖️ Flexible work model fostering in-person collaboration.
• 📈 Learning opportunities with AI tools across all disciplines.
• 🏥 Health and wellness support (details at careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits).

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 4-6 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter phone screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical phone screen or coding exercise· 60 min
3. 3On-site interviews (technical, system design, behavioral)· 4 hours