Toast
Staff Software Engineer, Orders
$151K–$309K
Remote, US +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Remote, US
Boston, MA, United States - Experience
- 8+ years with object-oriented languages like Java or Kotlin.
About the job
Leads design and delivery of cross-team capabilities for Toast’s Orders platform, processing and synchronizing orders across cloud and point-of-sale systems.
What you'll do
- Lead platform capability design and delivery, and drive architectural decisions for correctness, performance, and scale.
- Align the Orders platform’s technical vision and roadmap; advise teams building on orders.
- Review designs and code, promote engineering practices, and mentor team members.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience with object-oriented languages such as Java or Kotlin.
- Track record delivering significant platform capabilities across multiple teams in large engineering organizations.
- Mobile and backend development expertise focused on high-scale distributed systems; experience owning business-critical production services and improving reliability.
- Expertise with modern API technologies, including schema design, evolution, and versioning; hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools.
Pay
$193,000 — $309,000 USD base salary (Zone A); $168,000 — $269,000 USD base salary (Zone B); $151,000 — $242,000 USD base salary (Zone C)
Tools
Java, Kotlin, REST, GraphQL, Claude, Cursor, MCP servers
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools to improve development workflow and velocity and explore new approaches to building.
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