Senior Software Engineer, Voice AI

Toast, Inc.

Remote Hybrid

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Work type: Remote
Location: Boston, MANew York, NY
Salary: $159,000–$254,000 / yr
Posted: 103 days ago
Closes: Sep 29, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $206k

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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $168,352–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $207k 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 32 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$254,000 across 31 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Voice AI

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Toast’s Voice AI Team, you will take ownership of significant projects, designing and deploying resilient backend services using Kotlin or Java in a microservice architecture. You’ll lead complex initiatives from conception to production, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to build scalable systems that integrate with AI platforms and internal Toast systems. Your role involves shaping technical direction through architectural decisions and mentoring engineers across the organization. With experience in distributed systems and AI-powered solutions, you will advocate for best practices while developing observability frameworks and ensuring system reliability. The team works on AWS infrastructure and uses React for frontend development, aiming to create foundational voice AI capabilities that benefit Toast’s extensive customer base.

Skills

Java Kotlin React ES6 AWS DynamoDB RDS Lambda PostgreSQL DropWizard CI/CD AI LLMs Observability Monitoring Frontend development Voice AI

What you'll do

Design and build highly resilient and scalable backend services for Toast's Voice AI platform.
Lead complex projects from design through production, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
Shape technical direction by making architectural decisions and defining patterns for the team.
Build integrations with AI platforms and internal systems, balancing speed, reliability, and scalability.
Design observability frameworks to monitor and continuously improve AI-powered system behavior.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience with Java or Kotlin
Experience shipping and maintaining complex production services long-term
Track record of leading multi-person projects from design to rollout
Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and production reliability
Experience building AI-powered systems and integrating AI capabilities
Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
Actively uses AI coding tools in daily development

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