[Remote] Senior Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Toast is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale platforms that calculate and deliver pay to restaurant employees. The role leads development of tips and earnings systems, with a focus on accuracy, reliability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Drive the evolution of our tips and earnings platforms, leading complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers
• Take end-to-end ownership of systems, contributing to a strong engineering culture focused on correctness, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Lead projects from design and estimation through implementation, testing, and deployment to help shape how we build reliable systems at scale
• Ship code that directly impacts product revenue and the accuracy of what restaurant employees are paid
• Partner with product and design to influence what we build and how we build it
• Contribute to and elevate team standards through thoughtful code reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members
• Leverage AI tools like Claude to accelerate development and pioneer better ways to work

Skills

• 5+ years of back-end experience with one or more object-oriented programming languages (such as Java, Kotlin, or similar)
• Proficient with modern web standards and technologies (e.g. React, TypeScript, REST, GraphQL)
• Proficient with traditional databases and alternative data stores
• Experience owning and operating production systems
• Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
• A strong appreciation for precision and correctness, because when the output drives someone's paycheck, getting the calculation right matters
• A track record of tackling ambiguous, high-impact challenges and delivering scalable solutions
• Excellent cross-team communication skills on complex technical topics
• Passionate about technology and learning new things

Benefits

• Overtime cash compensation
• Bonus/commissions if eligible
• Equity
• Hybrid work model
• AI tools provided across all disciplines

Company Overview

Toast is a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform designed for businesses in the food service and hospitality industry. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://pos.toasttab.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Toast has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 32 in 2026, 25 in 2025, 32 in 2024, 39 in 2023, 66 in 2022, 29 in 2021, 17 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.