Engineering Manager II - Internationalization

A day in the life (Responsibilities) Lead the technical vision and execution for Toast’s internationalization and translation platform, driving business impact across the customer lifecycle by providing a multi-lingual product. Define and drive the technical and operational strategy for scalable product translation across Toast R&D, covering 100s of repo’s and systems. Bring AI first approach to reducing manual effort, improving translation workloads, accelerating issue resolution, and increasing operational leverage. Establish and evangelize internationalization best practices across engineering, including patterns for locale‑aware product development, translation readiness, quality, testing, release workflows, and maintainability. Build outcome‑oriented operating mechanisms, including metrics and monitoring, that help teams adhere to i18n practices, track translation quality and adoption, detect gaps early, and resolve issues quickly when they arise. Coach and mentor engineers, helping them grow technically and as leaders. Operate effectively in a fast moving environment where experimentation, iteration, and platform stability must coexist. What you’ll need to thrive (Requirements) 3+ years of experience leading high performing engineering teams, with experience of platform teams or teams where internal developers were the primary consumer or end user. Solid background in modern web architecture, including component libraries, build systems, CI CD, and developer tooling. A process‑driven approach to engineering leadership, with experience creating operating mechanisms, metrics, monitoring, and feedback loops that improve outcomes over time. Demonstrated success partnering with product stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes. Ability to translate broad strategic goals into clear technical roadmaps and execution plans. Solid communication and leadership skills with experience influencing senior technical and product leaders. Track record of mentoring engineers and building inclusive, high ownership teams. Nice to Haves Background in internationalization, localization, translation or developer tooling Our Total Rewards Philosophy We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences. Apply today! Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. ------ For roles in the United States, it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. #J-18808-Ljbffr Toast