Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the evolution of our complex order pricing architecture, transforming it into a powerful, adaptable platform that drives innovation, fuels growth into new markets, and directly impacts our customers' success with every transaction. You'll shape the future of our pricing technology and create a foundation that empowers our teams to innovate faster and our business to outpace competitors in an ever-changing market.  

The problem-space is both critical and complex. Calculating the price of an Order requires considering many factors: taxes, service charges, discounts, promotions, fees, tips, loyalty, timing of the order, and more. Restaurants rely on us to get this right, whether their devices are online or offline, and no matter how complex their configuration is. Not only does it impact every single transaction at the restaurant, it also impacts the restaurant’s financial integrity and ability to comply with tax laws. 

On the Orders Pricing team, we build a platform that meets these high-stakes requirements while remaining easy for other developers to build upon. Pricing is a core feature that supports innovation across many teams at Toast, and our ability to evolve this platform is directly tied to our business's growth and success.

We are looking for a visionary engineer who is motivated by these challenges and eager to transform our pricing architecture to meet the dynamic needs of our customers and our rapidly growing business. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Orders Pricing team, you will take ownership of this essential function, making strategic technical decisions that enhance our capabilities and ensure scalability. You will have the opportunity to make a huge impact in a critical space. Your leadership will drive excellence within the team and influence our broader engineering community, setting new standards and contributing to our collective success.

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

• Lead the transformation of our Orders Pricing architecture, delivering scalable solutions that have significant business impact.
• Define and implement frameworks and processes that guarantee the quality, resilience, and scalability of our pricing platform.
• Develop and execute technical strategies to solve complex business challenges, leveraging data-driven decisions to prioritize impactful changes.
• Establish guiding technical and delivery principles that influence engineering practices across the broader engineering organization.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity, and engineering excellence.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships across lines of business, aligning technical solutions with strategic objectives.

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in back-end development using Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages
• Proficient with modern web standards and technologies (e.g. REST, GraphQL)
• Proficient with relational databases and alternative data stores
• Experience with distributed systems, enterprise messaging systems, and/or microservices
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact, scalable solutions in complex, multi-product environments.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding teams through architectural transformations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Passionate about driving innovation and continuously improving engineering practices.

Our Spread* of Total RewardsWe 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 https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

*Bread puns encouraged but not required

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The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.Pay Range$182,000—$291,000 USD

 

We are Toasters

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success.

At Toast our employees are our secret ingredient. When they are powered to succeed, Toast succeeds.

The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse industries. We embrace and are excited by this diversity, believing that only through authenticity, inclusivity, high standards of respect and trust, and leading with humility will we be able to achieve our goals.

Baking inclusive principles into our company and diversity into our design provides equitable opportunities for all and enhances our ability to be first in class in all aspects of our industry.

Bready* to make a change? Apply today!

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 candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.