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This role pays more than
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$169,550–$217,396
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$299k
versus about
$193k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
26 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$193,000–$309,000
across 26 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer, Tech Lead on the Configuration Platform team, you will serve as the technical authority for the high-concurrency engine powering live system updates across the entire ecosystem. You will own the technical vision, architecture, and quality of mission-critical systems, designing and maintaining highly resilient services that enable real-time operational changes for global businesses. Your day-to-day involves leading architecture modernization, mentoring engineers, and managing the operational health of high-traffic services. You will utilize a tech stack including Kotlin, Java, DropWizard, AWS, DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, Postgres, Apache Spark, React, ES6, Pulsar, and RabbitMQ. This role solves the complex problem of providing consistent, scalable, and auditable change management for diverse industries, ensuring that configuration updates flow reliably across thousands of locations.