Principal Software Engineer

Toast is a rapidly growing company that's revolutionizing how the restaurant industry does business by pairing technology with an extraordinary commitment to customer success. We help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences through our platform that combines restaurant point of sale, team management, guest-facing technology, and award-winning customer support.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and guiding the teams that build the software that powers the payroll and team management solution for Toast restaurants. The Toast Payroll product delivers daily value to its users - enabling restaurant owners to pay their staff and pay their taxes, and enabling transparency for wages and tips for restaurant employees. The Toast Team Management suite allows restaurants to hire, manage, and schedule their staff.

You'll be working in a collaborative environment where you'll lead fellow developers, product managers, designers, and user researchers to build robust technical infrastructure. You'll be responsible for driving challenging large end-to-end initiatives and core architecture changes while mentoring developers across multiple teams. The role involves defining and implementing technical strategy that impacts multiple parts of the business.

At Toast, we embrace AI and provide tools across all disciplines to enhance development workflow and improve velocity. We're looking for someone who's hungry to take on challenging technical projects and maintain a high bar for quality. You'll be working with technologies including Java, Kotlin, React, and various microservices architectures.

The compensation is competitive, ranging from $188,000 to $301,000 USD, along with comprehensive benefits including hybrid workplace options, flexible PTO, health insurance, pension plan, and various wellness programs. Toast values diversity and inclusion, creating an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute to the company's mission of empowering the restaurant community.