Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Toast, Inc.

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Work type: Remote
Location: Boston, MANew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary: $193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted: 13 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Jan 22, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $208k

This role $251k

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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $184,649–$232,050 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $251k versus about $208k 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 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $193,000–$309,000 across 26 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

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The Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience joins the team responsible for the tools and platforms engineers use to build and understand code. You will set the technical direction for local development environments, build tooling, shared libraries, and internal developer portals. Your daily work involves designing and shipping high-leverage components, overseeing testing frameworks for web services, and creating self-service golden paths to reduce friction. You will utilize Kotlin, Java, Go, or TypeScript while managing build systems like Gradle, Maven, and npm. A core focus is defining an AI-native developer experience, including LLM-powered tools and agentic practices. You will solve complex problems across hundreds of services, ensuring a cohesive end-to-end journey by aligning with AI, CICD, and Cloud Infrastructure teams to improve developer productivity.

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Skills

Kotlin Java Go TypeScript Gradle Maven npm Backstage Docker Kubernetes AWS ECS CICD LLM SDKs CLIs Dev Containers Testing Frameworks Shared Libraries

What you'll do

Set the technical direction and long-term architecture for local development, build tooling, shared libraries, and the developer portal.
Oversee the architecture of testing frameworks and core libraries used for developing web services.
Design, build, and ship the highest-leverage and most cross-cutting parts of the developer platform.
Design self-service golden paths and paved roads to allow product teams to create services with minimal friction.
Drive technical alignment with partner teams in AI, CI/CD, and Cloud Infrastructure to create a cohesive developer journey.
Use data and engineer feedback to identify friction points and turn them into a prioritized, measurable roadmap.
Mentor other engineers and conduct design reviews to grow technical leadership across the team.

What we're looking for

8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Deep expertise in at least one general-purpose language like Kotlin, Java, Go, or TypeScript.
Strong experience with build systems and dependency management at scale, including managing software migrations across hundreds of services.
Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams from problem definition through design, delivery, and adoption.
Experience designing developer-facing products such as CLIs, SDKs, shared libraries, testing frameworks, or portals.
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and agentic development practices.
Strong communication skills, including writing clear technical strategy and design documents and influencing without authority.
Experience with internal developer portals, LLM-powered tools, containerized environments, or defining developer productivity metrics (preferred).

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