Staff Software Engineer, New Ventures

Toast, Inc.

Remote Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: Boston, MANew York, NY
Salary: $193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted: 49 days ago
Closes: Sep 14, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $208k

This role $251k

$148k most similar roles pay here $326k

This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $178,318–$237,509 — the shaded 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 37 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $179,000–$286,500 across 36 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, New Ventures

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As a Staff Software Engineer on Toast’s New Ventures team, you will join a small, agile squad to architect and build the foundational technology for a new venture from scratch. Your day-to-day involves leveraging AI coding assistants and modern automation tools to rapidly iterate and ship high-quality MVPs while maintaining flexibility in your system design. You’ll work closely with product and design teams to ensure technical feasibility is integrated into the vision, creating functional prototypes that can be tested with real users immediately. Ideal candidates are scrappy builders who thrive in ambiguous environments, have experience with early-stage products or rapid experimentation, and possess a strong understanding of user needs to create intuitive interfaces. Proficiency in AI-native workflows, generalist depth across frontend, backend, and infrastructure, and the ability to make smart tradeoffs between quick hacks and robust foundations are essential.

Skills

Python JavaScript React Node.js Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB Git Terraform LLMs AI-assisted development Cursor Copilot

What you'll do

Build the technical foundation for a new venture from scratch.
Use AI coding assistants to 10x output and focus on high-level logic.
Design flexible systems that can pivot as the business evolves.
Create functional prototypes and clickable flows for immediate testing.
Execute end-to-end tasks, from API development to UI refinement.

What we're looking for

Extensive experience in building and shipping early-stage products or rapid experimentation projects.
Proficient in using AI coding assistants, LLMs, and modern automation tools to enhance productivity.
Strong ability to architect flexible systems that can adapt to changing requirements quickly.
Skilled in creating functional prototypes and clickable user flows for immediate testing with real users.
Capable of executing end-to-end tasks including API development, UI refinement, and database schema adjustments.
Experienced in making smart trade-offs between quick hacks and solid foundations based on project needs.

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