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# Senior Software Engineer, Release Engineering

- **Company:** Toast, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $159,000.0 - $254,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Claude Code, Backend, Kotlin, Software Usability, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a032048c-9d4c-4c2e-8c68-6d2301e2d485

## About the Role

* 5+ years of software engineering experience
 * Proficiency in Go, Java/Kotlin or other modern language(s) with a strong understanding of testing, quality and best practices
 * Ability to dive into a breadth of problems in various programming languages
 * Passion for improving the software delivery process and making developers happy
 * Hunger for leveraging AI tools efficiently for our team and our customers
 * Agile mindset focused on delivering usable software

Special Sauce*

 * Experience with managing AWS/Cloud infrastructure
 * Experience building CI/CD solutions

Our Tech Stack

 * A core of Java/Kotlin and Golang based backend services

GitHub Actions workflow platform and custom actions written in TypeScript

 * PostgresQL and DynamoDB as core persistence
 * Backstage developer portal
 * Deep AWS integrations and componentry
 * Claude Code and similar AI development tools as part of daily engineering
 * Many more technologies that help us build a world-class platform

## Description

* Be part of a team working collaboratively to optimize build and deployment automation tools for developers
 * Create and implement CI/CD solutions that ensure release quality and security
 * Lead complex projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders
 * Participate in team on-call rotation to respond to production alerts for the team's systems
 * Mentor and coach other team members
 * Promote technical excellence