Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Scheduling

Toast, Inc.

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$193,000–$309,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 31, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $218k
This role $251k
$161k most similar roles pay here $325k

This role pays more than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $184,612–$251,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $251k versus about $218k 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 30 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $193,000–$309,000 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Scheduling

Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Scheduling joins the Team Management Suite team to build scalable software solutions for restaurant employers. This role involves leading deep technical initiatives, designing systems that anticipate future needs, participating in architectural discussions, and influencing the technical roadmap. You will collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to develop full-stack applications while championing engineering excellence and utilizing cutting-edge AI tools to enhance development workflows. The ideal candidate possesses over eight years of back-end experience in Java or Kotlin, along with proficiency in TypeScript, REST, GraphQL, and databases like PostgreSQL or DynamoDB. You will solve complex business problems by creating labor plans that balance profitability, employee flexibility, and guest satisfaction. This position requires a blend of high-level technical design skills and hands-on code execution to improve the restaurant management experience.

What you'll do

  • Lead deep technical initiatives to increase consumer footprint and employee engagement within restaurants.
  • Design scalable software solutions that balance profitability, employee flexibility, and guest satisfaction.
  • Participate in architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap for the Scheduling product.
  • Develop robust full-stack software applications in collaboration with Design and Product teams.
  • Champion engineering excellence to improve code quality and performance across the organization.
  • Integrate cutting-edge AI tools into the development workflow to increase team velocity and innovation.
  • Drive cross-team alignment between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of back-end experience in Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages.
  • Proficiency with modern API design using TypeScript, REST, and GraphQL.
  • Experience with relational databases or alternative data stores such as PostgreSQL or DynamoDB.
  • Ability to design high-level technical solutions while remaining deeply connected to code-level execution and system performance.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership to drive cross-team alignment and influence across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
  • Proven track record of building partnerships across engineering, product, customer success, and other stakeholders.
  • Experience maintaining a high bar for quality in team deliverables.
  • Strong customer empathy and a commitment to improving user experience through robust technical solutions.

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