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Senior Software Engineer

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Bengaluru, Karnataka · Bangalore · 5+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 1, 2026

At a glance

Experience
5+ years experience
Workplace
Hybrid
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka · Bangalore

About the role

  • The Senior Software Engineer will join the Toast Connect team in Bangalore to manage event infrastructure, API frameworks, and data integration.
  • The role involves evolving the platform to support complex features and high-scale growth while maintaining service health and reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and maintain scalable backend microservices and RESTful APIs using Java/Kotlin and AWS.
  • Lead complex projects spanning multiple teams and systems.
  • Champion best practices including automated testing and phased rollouts.
  • Monitor service health, analyze logs and metrics, and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Collaborate with peer engineers, provide design feedback, and participate in code reviews.
  • Collaborate with PM and UX teams on the development of new features and products.
  • Mentor and coach peer engineers.
  • Use AI tooling as a genuine part of the development workflow.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional backend software development in Kotlin, Java, or another object-oriented language.
  • Strong understanding and hands-on experience building RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
  • Proficiency with SQL/NoSQL databases and understanding of distributed datastores.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems concepts, asynchronous messaging, and cloud platforms (AWS).
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Enthusiasm for collaborating in an agile, cross-functional team.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience designing platform APIs that other teams depend on.
  • Comfort with document-based or columnar data stores.

Workplace

  • Embraces a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration.

Skills

  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • AWS
  • RESTful APIs
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • AWS SQS
  • DropWizard
  • Apache Camel
  • React
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  • GraphQL
  • DynamoDB

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