Principal Software Engineer

Join Toast, a leading restaurant technology platform, as a Principal Software Engineer. In this role, you will lead the architectural design and technical execution of our Payroll and Team Management products. You will drive modern architectural patterns, mentor fellow developers, and define technical strategy for problems affecting multiple parts of the business. Enjoy unlimited vacation, a sabbatical opportunity after five years, and a commitment to employee wellness.

Missions

• Lead the architectural design, technical execution, and implementation of Toast’s Team Suite products, including Payroll and Team Management.
• Drive modern architectural patterns and deliver high-impact software by serving as a key technical leader in the group.
• Define and drive technical strategy for problems that affect multiple parts of the business, and mentor developers across multiple teams.

Profil recherché

- Experience with a broad set of technologies that includes those used at Toast - tiered web applications, microservices, mobile, API design patterns, Java, Kotlin, React, data analytics

- Deep experience with identity and access architecture - authentication, permissions models, and multi-entity organizational hierarchy - in a multi-tenant SaaS platform

- Strong enthusiasm for agentic development practices, LLM integration, and modern software paradigms

- A proven track record of building partnerships across engineering, product, customer success, and other stakeholders

- Strong technologist with extensive experience defining and implementing high scale SaaS solutions

- Hungry to take on challenging technical projects

- Experience with integration design patterns across high-scale, data-rich enterprise systems

- Experience and interest in mentoring peers