Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Toast's Orders POS Team as a Staff Software Engineer and play a key role in designing and implementing new features for our state-of-the-art order processing platform. You will evolve our architecture and tooling to ensure efficient, high-quality delivery. Collaborate with other Toast R&D teams to create high-visibility product experiences, processing over 1 billion order changes weekly for 134,000+ customers. Lead complex projects, provide design feedback, and participate in code reviews. Lead architectural discussions, influence the technical roadmap, and mentor team members. This role requires 8+ years of experience with object-oriented languages like Java or Kotlin and a strong background in platform development.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Object Oriented Languages like Java or Kotlin
• Strong technical leadership experience on platform development problems at scale, developing and driving projects that make development easier and faster across large engineering organizations
• A mix of Android and backend development expertise
• Deep understanding of automated testing, quality, and SDLC best practices
• Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
• Experience delivering high-quality, reliable apps or libraries to production
• Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics
• Passionate about technology and learning new things

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable features supporting Toast’s Orders platform and Orders workflows
• Join a collaborative team of Design, Product, QA, and other engineering members in developing robust and scalable software within Toast’s POS applications
• Lead complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers
• Provide design feedback and participate in code reviews to ensure implementations meet requirements
• Lead architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap
• Advocate for best coding practices to raise the bar for you, your team, and the company
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members

Benefits

• We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry
• Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs
• The base salary range for this role is listed below
• The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience
• In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits
• $155,000 — $248,000 USD
• We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs