Principal Software Engineer at Toast
Toast, Inc.
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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $320k versus about $194k for comparable roles.
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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 45 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$254,000 across 43 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Principal Software Engineer in GTM Experiences at Toast, you will lead the technical strategy for customer engagement platforms across onboarding, support, and product-led growth. Your role involves defining architectural direction for critical systems like AI-assisted support, contact center infrastructure, and agent tooling to ensure seamless customer journeys. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into scalable solutions, evaluate major technical investments, and establish engineering standards that enhance platform scalability and velocity. This position requires extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in building large-scale distributed systems, along with expertise in defining complex technical ecosystems and mentoring senior engineers. The role demands strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams, ensuring alignment on long-term strategic goals.
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