Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise

Toast, Inc.

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jan 24, 2027

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $207k
This role $251k
$123k $329k
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This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $183,323–$231,150 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $251k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

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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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise

The Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise joins the Enterprise Sports & Entertainment team to lead the development of critical features for hospitality and sports customers. In this role, you will design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient, scalable features across the entire platform, including POS, backend, and frontend systems. You will lead complex projects, mentor other engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure technical deliverables align with enterprise expectations. Key responsibilities include building automated testing, monitoring feature rollouts, and leveraging AI tools to enhance development velocity. The role requires extensive experience building backend services and APIs using object-oriented languages like Java or Kotlin. You must demonstrate expertise in scaling distributed systems, maintaining platform stability, and communicating complex technical topics across various teams.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features for Sports & Entertainment products.
  • Lead complex projects to improve the functionality and reliability of customer-facing systems.
  • Build automated testing to ensure high quality for all code changes.
  • Roll out new features to customers and monitor them for success.
  • Partner with Design and Product teams to define and design new features.
  • Align technical deliverables with enterprise customer expectations and long-term strategy.
  • Mentor and coach other engineers on the team.
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance development workflows and improve team velocity.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience building backend services and APIs.
  • Extensive experience with an Object Oriented Language like Java or Kotlin, including deep understanding of testing and best practices.
  • Experience shipping production services while balancing platform stability and reliability.
  • Experience building backend services and APIs and scaling distributed systems.
  • Experience building android applications with Kotlin (preferred).
  • Experience building front end applications (preferred).
  • Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics.
  • Ability to mentor and coach other engineers.

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