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Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Scheduling

Toast · Remote, US

remotestaff$193,000–$193,000Posted Oct 1, 2026JavaKotlinTypeScriptRESTGraphQLPostgreSQLDynamoDB

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**Toast — Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Scheduling (Team Management Suite)** Toast builds technology that helps restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world—streamlining operations, increasing revenue, engaging customers, and keeping employees happy. We’re looking for a **Staff Software Engineer** to help build the **Scheduling** product as part of Toast’s **Team Management Suite** for restaurant employers. You’ll play a key role in designing, developing, and delivering scalable software that enables restaurant owners to create an optimal labor plan—balancing profitability, employee predictability/flexibility, and guest satisfaction. --- ## What you’ll do - Lead deep technical initiatives to increase Toast’s consumer footprint and improve employee engagement within restaurants - Design solutions that anticipate future needs while considering tradeoffs - Participate in architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap - Collaborate with Design, Product, and other engineering teams to build robust, scalable full-stack applications - Champion engineering excellence and raise the bar for your team and the company - Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and pioneer new approaches to how we build --- ## About this role (requirements) - **8+ years** of back-end experience in **Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages** - Proficiency with modern **API design** (**TypeScript, REST, GraphQL**) and **relational databases** or other data stores (e.g., **PostgreSQL, DynamoDB**) - Balanced expertise: can design high-level solutions while staying deeply connected to code execution and system performance - Demonstrated technical leadership; able to drive cross-team alignment and influence engineering, product, and business stakeholders - Proven track record building partnerships across engineering, product, customer success, and other stakeholders - Experience maintaining a high bar for quality in team deliverables - Strong customer empathy and a drive to improve lives through thoughtful UX, robust technical solutions, and continuous product improvement --- ## AI at Toast Toast values learning and building with AI. We provide AI tools across disciplines to help teams build faster, more independently, and with higher quality. Hiring decisions are made by people. You’ll be asked to complete interviews/assessments **without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots** unless told otherwise. --- ## Hybrid working Toast embraces a **hybrid work model** that supports in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. (See Toast’s locations page for regional in-office expectations.) --- ## Total rewards & pay transparency Toast offers competitive compensation and benefits. For U.S. roles, the base salary range is listed by geographic zone: - **Zone A:** $193,000 — $309,000 USD - **Zone B:** $168,000 — $269,000 USD - **Zone C:** $151,000 — $242,000 USD --- ## Accessibility & accommodations Toast is committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the application or interview process, contact **candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com**. --- **Apply today!**

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