Staff Software Engineer, Orders Platform
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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $178k 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 29 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $190,000–$304,000 across 29 roles with salary data.
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Software Engineer, Orders API will join the Orders API team to develop a high-scale platform that manages the entire order lifecycle for restaurant operations. The role involves designing and implementing new features, defining testing strategies with automated coverage, managing operational monitoring including observability and alerting, and participating in architectural discussions to evolve API design and delivery practices. Candidates must possess experience in Java or Kotlin, along with proficiency in REST, GraphQL, and distributed systems like microservices. The technical stack includes Dropwizard, AWS services such as DynamoDB, RDS, and Lambda, alongside Pulsar, RabbitMQ, and Apache Spark for data processing. Additionally, the role requires expertise in relational databases and the use of AI tools like Cursor and Claude to enhance development workflows while ensuring high availability for critical restaurant infrastructure.
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