Senior/Staff Software Engineer

• Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.
• Engineers at Toast build the mission-critical foundation that powers thousands of restaurants and local businesses every single day.
• From real-time order processing and resilient payment infrastructure to automated intelligent workflows, our technology solves high-stakes, real-world problems at scale.
• We value high technical standards, hands-on execution, collaborative problem-solving, and building systems that directly impact our customers' success.

• International: Scaling Toast's core platform globally. You'll tackle localization, multi-currency architectures, international payment integrations, and regional compliance as we expand into new markets around the world.
• Retail: Building the next generation of omnichannel commerce tools for retail merchants. You'll architect solutions that unify inventory, point-of-sale systems, and real-time transaction processing for businesses with physical and digital storefronts.
• Enterprise: Architecting high-throughput, mission-critical systems designed for multi-location, enterprise-scale brands. You'll focus on system reliability, massive data scale, custom menu and pricing engine configurations, and complex multi-entity management.

[We are hiring across multiple teams and levels. Your specific team, title, & level will be evaluated and determined during the interview process based on scope, technical depth, and experience.]

A Day in the Life

(Responsibilities)

• End-to-End Product Execution: Design, build, and ship complete features across the stack—from resilient backend services and APIs to intuitive, responsive web interfaces.
• Architect & Build: Create highly reliable, scalable systems using Java, Kotlin, and modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) critical to Toast's core platform.
• 0-to-1 & Scaled Execution: Drive net-new product development and tackle complex scaling challenges to keep our platforms fast, decoupled, and seamless for users.
• Technical Leadership & Quality: Turn ambiguous business goals into high-quality, production-ready code. Advocate for engineering best practices, robust testing, and deep system observability across the entire tech stack.
• Engineering Excellence: Elevate code quality across teams and mentor engineers to help raise the overall technical bar.

What You'll Need to Thrive (Requirements)

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade web applications and distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency with Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages.
• Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) and a strong understanding of web architecture and UI state management.
• Experience with modern API design (REST, GraphQL) and relational databases or alternative data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Proven ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems and collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams.
• Ability to work core EST hours if not located near a Toast office.

What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves)

• A passion for removing "human-in-the-loop" friction through intelligent automation.

• The base salary range for this role is listed below.
• The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location.
• In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
• You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .

Zone A

$159,000 — $254,000 USD

Zone B

$138,000 — $221,000 USD

Zone C

$125,000 — $200,000 USD

• How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
• Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you.
• We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation.
• All hiring decisions are made by people.
• We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance.

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

• We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
• Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location.
• Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
• People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
• At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
• The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
• We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

Apply today!

• Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process.
• As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process.
• If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .

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