Ruben Cagnie is a Lead Principal Software Engineer based in Greater Boston with 7 years in senior engineering and architecture roles driving mobile and AI-enabled customer experiences. He has led cross-functional teams at Toast and Wayfair to deliver native iOS/Android apps, POS and retail systems, and introduced architectural patterns like GraphQL Federation and Domain-Driven Design to improve API consistency and resilience. A hands-on leader and co-founder (StoryArc Studios), Ruben blends product intuition with deep mobile expertise to connect technology to real-world needs—especially in hospitality and caregiver-focused storytelling. He’s known for scaling teams, mentoring engineers, and shipping low-revert, high-quality releases that integrate hardware and complex data flows. Not obvious from the title: Ruben has repeatedly led platform re-architectures and launch initiatives that bridge consumer-facing apps with operational backend systems, demonstrating strength in both strategy and execution.
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Ruben Cagnie - Lead Principal Software Engineer at Toast