Toast TechnologyCultureToast's Recipe for Success: Customer ObsessionGeneral EngineeringHow Toast Incorporates a FinOps Approach to Cloud Financial ManagementCultureCelebrating the Toast.org Rotational Program: Empowering Engineers to Make an ImpactGeneral EngineeringNavigating the GraphQL Evolution at Toast: From BFFs to FederationGeneral EngineeringSimplified Payments IntegrationGeneral EngineeringSupporting International Phone Numbers at ToastGeneral EngineeringInternationalization @ Toast Data & AIThe Intersection of AI and Software DevelopmentGeneral EngineeringLiving the Blueberry Muffin Principle: Baked-In Security for DevelopersLatest PostsCultureToast's Recipe for Success: Customer ObsessionReady to see customer obsession in action? We'll explore the power of shadowing—observing customers firsthand—and how it's helped Toast build better products and experiences.Lily PytelGeneral EngineeringHow Toast Incorporates a FinOps Approach to Cloud Financial ManagementFiguring out how to manage cloud infrastructure costs is a typical problem faced by companies as they scale. At Toast, we embraced a FinOps mindset to track and monitor our cloud costs. Ken SiskindGeneral EngineeringNavigating the GraphQL Evolution at Toast: From BFFs to FederationIn this blogpost, we will cover the adoption of GraphQL at Toast, from its early days to the recent paradigm shift towards GraphQL Federation.Ruben CagnieGeneral EngineeringSimplified Payments IntegrationThe purpose of the Simplified Payments Integration platform was to create a streamlined approach to integrating payments into a checkout solution. Learn more in this post!CJ GarnetteCultureCelebrating the Toast.org Rotational Program: Empowering Engineers to Make an ImpactThis post outlines the Toast.org rotational program impact, program structure if you wish to replicate, and anecdotal feedback from engineer participants.Ani Boyo+Liz JacksonGeneral EngineeringFront-End Application Internationalization with i18nextModern software platforms often make use of multiple front-end applications. We discuss how we use i18next at Toast to manage our UI string translation requirements.Donovan HutchinsonGeneral EngineeringSupporting International Phone Numbers at ToastWe are normalizing phone numbers, adopting international standards like E.164, and effectively handling legacy U.S. numbers leveraging tools like Google’s libphonenumber. Sanket Gawas+Terry McCartanMobileUsing Multiple Locales in an Android AppIn this blog post, we’ll explore how we solved a number of challenges regarding the localization of the Toast POS Platform. Rodrigo FerreiraGeneral EngineeringInternationalization @ Toast Welcome to the inaugural post in our Toast Technology Internationalization (i18n) blog series, where we'll be delving into the exciting journey of Toast’s internationalization efforts.Terry McCartanGeneral EngineeringLiving the Blueberry Muffin Principle: Baked-In Security for DevelopersJust as blueberries are evenly distributed throughout a muffin creating a delicious flavor, security should be seamlessly integrated into every layer of the software development lifecycle.David KosorokGeneral EngineeringHow Toast Safely Deploys Background WorkersTo decouple services, we make use of events and asynchronous messaging for service-to-service communication. This post describes the system we built.Zach WalshData & AIThe Intersection of AI and Software DevelopmentAs an ML / AI engineer at Toast working on various data/AI related initiatives, this post includes key learnings for developers to consider when building generative AI applications.Yiwen WuMobileTesting Android Compatibility Learn more about our Android ecosystem, including our flagship Android-based POS product and a number of native and hybrid Android apps.Oleg GolbergCultureHello WorldWe are excited to launch our Technology Blog! Here we aim to provide readers a lens into the Toast engineering organization from both a technical and a cultural perspective. Debra Chrapaty+Ben GordonSee All Posts
Lily Pytel
Ken Siskind
Ruben Cagnie
CJ Garnette
Ani Boyo+
Liz Jackson
Donovan Hutchinson
Sanket Gawas+
Terry McCartan
Rodrigo Ferreira
David Kosorok
Zach Walsh
Yiwen Wu
Oleg Golberg
Debra Chrapaty+
Ben Gordon