Director of Engineering, New Ventures
Core
Lead the research, development, and scaling of new technology products and business lines to drive long-term growth for Toast's restaurant and local business customers.
Role type
Director of Engineering, New Ventures (Strategic IC + Team Leadership)
Builds
New generation of products and business lines for the restaurant and local business market
Domain
Fintech / SaaS for Hospitality
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Building and scaling platform/infrastructure teams, hiring and leading high-performing teams, operating in high-growth/early-stage environments, designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, modern architectural patterns (service-oriented, event-driven, cloud-native), designing extensible systems and reusable abstractions, product vision and roadmap delivery, stakeholder management at executive levels
Preferred skills
Prior co-founder or early-stage experience, AI tool adoption and integration
Technologies
CI/CD, feature management, experimentation frameworks (e.g., Harness)
Responsibilities
Sourcing, developing, and scaling a new business line; collaborating on market research and competitive analysis; owning technology architecture and design; recruiting and mentoring intrapreneurs; defining and tracking OKRs; making decisions on funding, scaling, and spinning off initiatives; building and leading an entrepreneurial team
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical ownership
