Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

Leading complex projects and designing scalable systems, the full-time remote Staff Software Engineer will build and maintain critical infrastructure for Toast's Configuration Platform, ensuring high performance and reliability across the ecosystem.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain highly resilient and scalable systems essential for customer success
• Lead cross-team projects to enhance functionality and reliability for users
• Diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations to improve system efficiency

Required qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering and operating mission-critical production services at scale
• Experience maintaining end-to-end ownership over high-throughput systems in distributed architecture
• Ability to articulate sophisticated project roadmaps and empower engineering teams
• Growth-oriented mindset focused on continuous improvement of technical skills
• Established reputation as a trusted technical authority capable of making strategic decisions