Staff Software Engineer at Toast

Toast, Inc.

Remote Actively hiring Posted today Verified listing

Boston, MA Posted today $193,000–$309,000 / year

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TL;DR

As a Staff Software Engineer on Toast’s Catering & Events team, you will lead the design and delivery of complex initiatives that span multiple teams and systems, ensuring scalability and reliability. You’ll work closely with product managers and designers to bring innovative solutions to life, focusing on high-impact features that cater to diverse catering and event management needs. This role requires strong backend expertise in Java or Kotlin, experience with microservices architectures, and a proven track record of technical leadership. You will mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence through best practices, and champion the adoption of AI technologies to enhance product capabilities and improve developer productivity.

Skills

Java Kotlin Microservices CI/CD AI Python PostgreSQL Docker AWS Kubernetes Terraform Git Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Selenium JUnit Spring Boot RESTful APIs Swagger

What you'll do

Lead the design and delivery of complex, high-impact initiatives across multiple teams.
Own and evolve critical system architectures for scalability and reliability.
Drive technical strategy to simplify systems and improve engineering velocity.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to shape ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
Champion the adoption of AI technologies to enhance developer productivity and innovation.

What we're looking for

Proven experience leading the design and delivery of large-scale, distributed systems.
Strong backend expertise in Java or Kotlin with full-stack influence when needed.
Demonstrated ability to design scalable architectures and make high-quality technical tradeoffs.
Track record of technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and influencing practices.
Deep understanding of microservices architecture, system design, and operational considerations.

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $195k

This role $251k

$123k most similar roles pay here $329k

This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $170,750–$218,643 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $251k versus about $195k 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.

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