Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead - Mobile DevOps

Toast, Inc.

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Boston, MA
Salary: $193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted: 69 days ago
Closes: Sep 14, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Toast, Inc.

Toast is a cloud-based restaurant management platform providing point-of-sale, payment processing, and operations software for the food service industry.

Toast, Inc. currently has 37 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $179,000–$286,500 across 36 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead - Mobile DevOps

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As a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Toast, you will join the POS Productivity team as an integral part of enhancing the development process for the company’s widely used restaurant POS app. Your primary responsibilities include leading initiatives to boost build speeds and reduce lead times by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and release engineering processes. You’ll work with Android engineers, Java/Kotlin cloud services in AWS, and React UIs to ensure seamless developer experiences. Key skills required are deep experience in mobile DevOps, proficiency in Jenkins and Gradle, and a passion for automating workflows to improve productivity. This role demands strategic problem-solving, technical leadership, and the ability to mentor and build a strong engineering culture while leveraging AI tools to enhance development efficiency.

Skills

Jenkins Gradle AWS Kubernetes CI/CD Docker Java Kotlin React Terraform Prometheus Grafana Python PostgreSQL Maven Git Slack Android Linux Shell_scripting

What you'll do

Lead technical initiatives to optimize build speeds and reduce lead time for POS developers.
Manage CI/CD pipelines, local developer experience, and release engineering for the Toast POS app.
Define high-signal metrics to measure system health and identify areas for improvement proactively.
Mentor engineers in mobile DevOps practices, including CI/CD and release management.
Collaborate with QA functions to develop effective feature flag management and release strategies.

What we're looking for

Deep experience with Android development and full-stack work (Java/Kotlin, React UIs).
Proven expertise in mobile CI/CD and release engineering using Jenkins and Gradle.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers effectively.
Strong track record of enhancing developer productivity through AI tools and automation.
Experience defining metrics and improving system observability for better performance.

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