Jobs at Toast

Support R&D financial close, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, headcount planning, vendor financial management, and reporting. Build financial models and analyses, maintain reporting systems, identify process improvements, and implement automation and standardization initiatives. Partner with R&D, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and senior leaders to provide actionable insights and improve forecast accuracy.

Lead backend architecture and technical strategy for scalable enterprise SaaS solutions. Design financial systems using Java, Kotlin, DynamoDB, Pulsar, GraphQL, and big data tools. Establish engineering standards, mentor teams, guide roadmaps, and collaborate with product, engineering, UX, QA, and implementation teams. The role requires deep distributed-systems expertise, cross-functional influence, customer focus, and responsible use of AI-powered development tools.

Build and review production backend code for Toast’s catalog and inventory platform. Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives, design scalable distributed and event-driven systems, and partner with Product and UX. Own technical solutions across domains, improve customer experience, mentor engineers, support production systems, and drive collaboration and alignment. The role uses Java, Kotlin, DynamoDB, Pulsar, GraphQL, AWS, and other modern technologies while incorporating AI engineering tools.

Manage $25M+ in indirect procurement spend across hardware, software/SaaS, professional services, marketing, branding, and events. Develop sourcing and category strategies, negotiate contracts, optimize Procure-to-Pay workflows, mitigate risk, and deliver savings. Partner with stakeholders, advise US-based teams, translate spend data into initiatives, and implement AI-driven procurement automation and insights. The hybrid Chennai role operates from 2 PM to 11 PM IST.