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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Remote - **Company:** Voice AI Inc. - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $159,000.0 - $254,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Databases, Computer Engineering, Data Stores, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Amazon DynamoDB, ECMAScript, PostgreSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Operational Databases, Dropwizard, Software Engineering, Load Balancing, Chatbots, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Kotlin, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, User Administration, Microservices - **Published:** August 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/auth/login?destination=/job/staff-software-engineer-voice-ai-platform/10708359 ## About the Role * 8+ years of experience with object-oriented languages such as Java or Kotlin * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field * Experience developing AI-integrated products or features, with a practical understanding of how to ship and iterate on systems that incorporate LLMs or other AI capabilities * Experience building and reasoning about AI-powered systems, including nondeterminism, evaluation strategies, observability, and cost management * Experience shipping complex, mission-critical production services and owning them long-term * Track record of leading multi-person and multi-team projects end-to-end, from design through rollout * Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and production reliability * Basic familiarity with frontend development * Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills; able to influence direction without formal authority both within your team and across the broader organization * Actively uses AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) in day-to-day development and have caused others to become more proficient with AI coding tools * Experience with voice or conversational AI platforms is a plus, but not required Our Tech Stack Our backend services follow a microservice architecture written in Kotlin and Java using DropWizard, running on AWS (DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda). We store data in sharded Postgres databases and have our own platform for user management, canary deployments, and load balancing. Our web front-end is built with React and ES6. ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer on this team, you'll take ownership of significant projects end-to-end: designing systems, driving execution across the team, and making the technical decisions that shape how the platform grows. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and stakeholders across Toast to turn ambiguous problems into reliable, scalable systems., * Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable backend services, applications, and core platform components supporting Toast's Voice AI platform used across teams * Conceive and lead complex, cross-cutting projects from design through production, owning outcomes and driving alignment across stakeholders and across a broad range of stakeholders * Shape the technical direction on your team and beyond by making architectural decisions, defining patterns, and reducing complexity for the engineers and teams that depend on your work * Build and evolve integrations with AI platforms and internal Toast systems, making pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, reliability, and long-term scalability * Establish and implement patterns for observability, monitoring, and evaluation frameworks for AI-powered systems, using production data to understand and continuously improve system behavior * Set and hold the bar for engineering quality and best practices through standards, patterns, and written guidance that others naturally adopt, raising the bar for the team and the broader organization * Mentor engineers at all levels through code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance ## Related Videos - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Kotlin Multiplatform - True power of native code reuse](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/4-kotlin-multiplatform-true-power-of-native-code-reuse) - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Raise your voice!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/10-raise-your-voice) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)