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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.
As a Staff Engineer on the Catalog and Inventory team you will deliver significant products and core capabilities across teams, building the backend systems behind what our customers sell and stock. This is a hands-on role: most of your time is spent writing and reviewing code. You will be a domain expert in the product area, mentoring team members and enhancing the team’s effectiveness, and you will partner with Product Managers and UX Designers to turn roadmap goals into scalable services.
If you enjoy owning hard backend problems, care about the quality of what you ship, and are a great collaborator, read on!
as your primary contribution, and hold the
for the team.
on Toast’s catalog and inventory platform, across multiple teams as necessary.
across functional and non-functional requirements.
, engaging the problem space fully before committing to a solution.
, drive alignment across teams, and actively reduce execution complexity.
and mentoring engineers.
, demonstrating the Toast-wide benefit of your work and securing stakeholder buy-in at multiple levels.
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to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building - contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team
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At Toast, of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.
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. Learn more about our benefits at .
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
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:
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.
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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How to apply for Staff Software Engineer at Toast?
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What is the salary for this role?
Salary details will be discussed during the interview.
What experience is required?
8+ years of experience is required.
Is this position still open?
Yes, currently active and accepting applications.
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