This role pays more than
90%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$228,950
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$299k
versus about
$202k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Toast, Inc.
Toast is a cloud-based restaurant management platform providing point-of-sale, payment processing, and operations software for the food service industry.
Toast, Inc. currently has
29 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$190,000–$304,000
across 29 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer, Configuration Platform, you will join the Config Platform team to manage high-concurrency infrastructure that powers live system updates across the entire ecosystem. You will design, build, and maintain resilient systems for real-time configuration management while defining long-term technical architecture and strategy to align with organizational goals. Your daily work involves mentoring senior engineering talent, identifying performance bottlenecks, and utilizing AI tools to enhance development velocity. The role requires expertise in a stack featuring Kotlin, Java, Dropwizard, and React, alongside infrastructure components like AWS (DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda), Pulsar, RabbitMQ, and Apache Spark. You will solve complex problems related to distributed architecture and high-throughput systems to ensure consistent, reliable updates for global customers across various industries, ensuring that critical operations like ordering and business management remain functional at scale.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.