Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.

We are revolutionizing the way the restaurant industry does business by pairing technology with an extraordinary commitment to customer success. We help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences through our platform that combines restaurant point of sale, guest-facing technology, and award-winning customer support. Join us as we empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

Bready* to make a change?

Toast is looking for a Data Scientist to bring data science capabilities into the Toast platform. You will work with engineers and product managers to build statistical and machine learning models for product lines, such as menu recommendation and Toast product package recommendation. 

About this Roll*:

• Apply a diverse set of expertise including data mining, statistical analysis and machine learning to deliver impactful, objective, and actionable data insights that enable informed business and product decisions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and product, to identify business opportunities and develop data-driven solutions that drive growth and engagement.
• Partner with line of business teams and collaborate with product managers, engineers and data scientists to foster data-driven decisions that yield significant impacts 
• Able to effectively communicate analysis, insights and recommendations to high-level business partners in verbal, visual and written formats
• Thrive in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment

Do you have the right ingredients*?

• Bachelors in computer science, engineering, math, statistics, economics, or other quantitative discipline; Masters preferred.
• 2+ years of data science experience in an industry environment.
• Have solid statistical and machine learning foundations. Familiar with standard machine learning concepts (e.g. regression/classification, clustering, offline/online model evaluation) and GenAI. Experience with advanced machine learning methods, such as supervised/unsupervised learning, graph algorithms, deep learning, recommendation systems, etc.
• Experience with Python and SQL, and ML frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch)

• Experience with cloud solutions, preferably with AWS tooling (e.g. SageMaker, DynamoDB, Athena, Glue, etc.)
• Experience with model workflow orchestration tool (e.g. Airflow)
• Experience collaborating with engineers, product managers, and other cross-functional teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate sophisticated quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner.

Our Spread* of Total Rewards
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. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

*Bread puns encouraged but not required

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