Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Payroll Onboarding

Toast, Inc.

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 24, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $225k
This role $251k
$164k most similar roles pay here $325k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $194,709–$256,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $251k versus about $225k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,500–$295,500 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Payroll Onboarding

Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Payroll Onboarding joins the Payroll Onboarding team to support the Payroll product for Toast restaurants. This role involves leading deep technical initiatives to improve functionality and reliability while designing scalable software solutions that allow restaurant owners to configure payroll accurately and internal teams to manage go-lives efficiently. The successful candidate will participate in architectural discussions, influence the technical roadmap, mentor others as a force multiplier, and advocate for best coding practices. Key requirements include over eight years of back-end experience in Java or Kotlin, proficiency with React, TypeScript, REST, GraphQL, and various database types. Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and enterprise messaging is essential. The role focuses on solving technical challenges within the payroll domain to ensure reliable service delivery for restaurant operations through robust full-stack software development.

What you'll do

  • Lead technical initiatives to improve functionality and reliability for Toast customers.
  • Design scalable software solutions that anticipate future needs while balancing technical tradeoffs.
  • Participate in architectural discussions and influence the company's technical roadmap.
  • Develop robust full-stack applications in collaboration with design, product, and engineering teams.
  • Advocate for best coding practices to improve quality across the organization.
  • Mentor team members and provide technical guidance to increase engineering productivity.
  • Integrate AI tools into development workflows to improve speed and innovation.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of back-end experience in Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages.
  • Proven track record of leading technically complex, multi-team projects.
  • Proficiency with modern web standards and technologies including React, TypeScript, REST, and GraphQL.
  • Proficiency with traditional databases and alternative data stores.
  • Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices.
  • Experience delivering high-quality, reliable services to production.
  • Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics.

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