Senior Staff Software Engineer

Toast, Inc.

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$159,000–$254,000 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 31, 2026

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $206k
$115k most similar roles pay here $269k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $161,956–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $188k 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 30 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $193,000–$309,000 across 28 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer, you will join a technical team building mission-critical infrastructure for the hospitality and retail industries. You will be responsible for end-to-end product execution, designing and shipping features across the full stack, from resilient backend services and APIs to responsive web interfaces. Your daily work involves architecting scalable systems, tackling complex scaling challenges, and translating ambiguous business goals into high-quality production code while mentoring others on engineering best practices. You will utilize a modern technology stack including Java, Kotlin, React, and TypeScript, while working with REST or GraphQL APIs and databases like PostgreSQL or DynamoDB. The role focuses on solving high-stakes problems such as real-time order processing, multi-currency architectures for international expansion, and omnichannel commerce tools to unify inventory and point-of-sale systems for diverse merchant types.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $206300 from 364 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and ship full-stack features including backend services, APIs, and responsive web interfaces.
  • Architect and develop highly reliable, scalable systems using Java, Kotlin, React, and TypeScript.
  • Drive new product development while solving complex scaling challenges to keep platforms fast and decoupled.
  • Translate ambiguous business goals into high-quality, production-ready code across the entire tech stack.
  • Advocate for engineering best practices, robust testing, and deep system observability.
  • Mentor other engineers to improve code quality and raise the overall technical bar.
  • Develop specialized solutions for international expansion, retail omnichannel commerce, or enterprise-scale multi-location systems.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade web applications and distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency with Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages.
  • Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks like React and TypeScript.
  • Experience with modern API design (REST, GraphQL) and relational databases or alternative data stores.
  • Proven ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems and collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams.
  • Ability to work core EST hours if not located near a Toast office.
  • A passion for removing "human-in-the-loop" friction through intelligent automation (preferred).

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