Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Scheduling

Remote · 8+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 1, 2026

At a glance

Toast is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join in building the Scheduling product as part of Toast's Team Management Suite for restaurant employers.
You will play a key role in the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions that enable restaurant owners to build optimal labor plans.

Lead deep technical initiatives to increase consumer footprint at Toast and employee engagement within restaurants
Design solutions that anticipate and accommodate future needs while considering tradeoffs
Participate in architectural discussions and influence the technical roadmap
Collaborate with teams of Design, Product, and other engineering members in developing robust and scalable full-stack software applications
Champion engineering excellence to raise the bar for you, your team, and the company
Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to influence what we build and how we build it

8+ years of back-end experience in Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented languages
Proficient with modern API design (TypeScript, REST, GraphQL) and relational databases or alternative data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)
Balanced expertise with the ability to design high-level technical solutions on a whiteboard while remaining deeply connected to code-level execution and system performance
Demonstrated technical leadership, with the ability to drive cross-team alignment and influence across engineering, product, and business stakeholders
A proven track record of building partnerships across engineering, product, customer success, and other stakeholders
Experience maintaining a high bar for quality for their team's deliverables
Strong customer empathy and a drive to make their lives better through a thoughtful user experience, robust technical solutions, and continuous product improvement

Embraces a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs