Senior Software Engineer, Financial Management at Toast

Toast, Inc.

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Boston, MA Posted 1 day ago $159,000–$254,000 / year

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k

This role $206k

$119k most similar roles pay here $268k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $156,000–$219,689 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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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 45 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$254,000 across 43 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer at Toast, you will join the Financial Management team to build and enhance financial tools like Cash Flow Insights, Bill Pay, and the upcoming Books product. Your day-to-day responsibilities include shaping technical strategy, leading architectural discussions, and mentoring engineers while ensuring high-quality design and code review. You will work closely with Product, Design, Compliance, Finance, Support, Data, and external vendors to deliver resilient financial products tailored for restaurants. The role requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience in Java/Kotlin, expertise in building distributed systems, and a strong customer orientation. Bonus points if you have experience with financial systems, regulatory compliance, data modeling, and integration patterns with third-party financial platforms.

Skills

Java Kotlin Distributed Systems Service-Oriented Architecture Messaging Patterns Microservices AI Tools CI/CD Financial Systems PCI SOX KYC Data Modeling Ledger Systems Reconciliation Auditability Financial Reporting Integration Patterns Payment Processors Accounting Systems

What you'll do

Shape technical strategy and architecture for Financial Management products.
Identify and prioritize high-impact customer, business, and technical problems.
Lead architectural discussions and make pragmatic tradeoffs for the roadmap.
Mentor engineers and model engineering excellence through inclusive leadership.
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient financial products.

What we're looking for

5+ years of backend engineering experience in Java/Kotlin.
Strong fundamentals in building, operating, and evolving production systems.
Experience independently owning complex technical initiatives.
Expertise in designing and operating distributed systems and microservices.
Proven ability to balance hands-on execution with long-term technical direction.
Skilled at aligning stakeholders around clear tradeoffs and executable plans.

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