Staff Software Engineer, New Ventures
$193k - $309kFull-time
Toast
Location(s): US (remote), Boston (hybrid), or New York (hybrid)
About Toast
Toast builds technology that helps food and beverage businesses run smoother, serve customers better, and grow with confidence. Our platform brings together the tools teams need to power daily operations-while turning complexity into clear, actionable insights. We're purpose-built for the pace of hospitality, and we're investing in new experiences that make great businesses easier to run at any scale.
About this role*
We're looking for a startup-minded engineer to join our New Ventures team as one of its earliest members. You will be a core builder on a 0→1 venture that we are validating and building from the ground up.
As part of a small, focused engineering squad within this venture, you'll help architect and build the experiences that will define this new business line. This role is intentionally open to a wide range of experience levels, although listed as Staff to start. We aren't looking for a specific number of years; we are looking for a scrappy, product-minded engineer who can use AI-assisted development to move at terminal velocity.
You'll be joining a tight-knit team of product, design, and engineering peers to turn a fuzzy early concept into a functional, shippable MVP and beyond.
In this role, you will:
Do you have the right ingredients*?
Special sauce*
AI at Toast
At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it's a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
We 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
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits. You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy.
Zone A
$193,000-$309,000 USD
Zone B
$168,000-$269,000 USD
Zone C
$151,000-$242,000 USD
How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people. To learn more:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient-when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out:
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 View email address on jobs.jobcopilot.com.
For roles in the United States, it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
About Toast
Toast builds technology that helps food and beverage businesses run smoother, serve customers better, and grow with confidence. Our platform brings together the tools teams need to power daily operations-while turning complexity into clear, actionable insights. We're purpose-built for the pace of hospitality, and we're investing in new experiences that make great businesses easier to run at any scale.
About this role*
We're looking for a startup-minded engineer to join our New Ventures team as one of its earliest members. You will be a core builder on a 0→1 venture that we are validating and building from the ground up.
As part of a small, focused engineering squad within this venture, you'll help architect and build the experiences that will define this new business line. This role is intentionally open to a wide range of experience levels, although listed as Staff to start. We aren't looking for a specific number of years; we are looking for a scrappy, product-minded engineer who can use AI-assisted development to move at terminal velocity.
You'll be joining a tight-knit team of product, design, and engineering peers to turn a fuzzy early concept into a functional, shippable MVP and beyond.
In this role, you will:
- Build from 0→1: Partner with a small team of engineers to architect and build the technical foundation for this new venture-writing the first lines of code and evolving them as we learn.
- Ship at Terminal Velocity: Use AI coding assistants, LLMs, and modern automation to 10x your output. You'll focus on high-level logic and solving core user problems while leveraging tools to handle boilerplate and rapid iteration.
- Architect for Flexibility: Help design systems that are "just enough" to ship today but flexible enough to pivot tomorrow. You understand that in the early stages, the ability to change direction is a feature, not a bug.
- Create "Real" Experiences: Move beyond static mocks. You'll build functional prototypes and clickable flows that feel like the final product, allowing the team to test hypotheses with real users immediately.
- Execute End-to-End: Operate as a true generalist. Whether it's building out a new API, refining a UI interaction, or adjusting a database schema, you do whatever is necessary to keep momentum high.
- Make Smart Tradeoffs: Work with the team to decide when to "hack" a solution for a quick experiment and when to spend the extra time on a hardened foundation.
- Operate with Bias for Action: Run with a "ship-to-learn" mindset. You'll validate assumptions via low-fi experiments, dogfooding, and rapid refinement rather than waiting for perfect specs.
- Collaborate across Disciplines: Partner closely with Design and Product to ensure technical feasibility is baked into the vision from the start, helping to shape the "what" and "why" through a technical lens.
Do you have the right ingredients*?
- 0→1 Mentality: High comfort working in high-ambiguity environments where learning is the primary output and "done" is an iteration, not a finish line.
- Generalist Depth: You're a builder at heart, comfortable jumping into any part of the stack-frontend, backend, or infra-to get a feature live, and willing to take on occasional Android work when needed.
- AI-Native Workflow: You have a clear, proven pattern of using AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, LLM agents) to accelerate your coding, debugging, and synthesis. You can speak specifically to how these tools help you ship better work faster.
- Product Intuition: You don't just "build to spec." You understand user needs and can translate complex workflows into interfaces and systems that feel intuitive and calm.
- Technical Scrappiness: You have a "builder" mindset. You've likely built side projects, worked at an early-stage startup, or participated in rapid experimentation teams where resourcefulness was key.
- Team-First Attitude: You thrive in small, collaborative pods. You're proactive about aligning with your fellow engineers and stakeholders to keep the project moving.
Special sauce*
- You've worked on early-stage products, internal incubations, or rapid experimentation teams.
- You have a history of building and shipping products quickly, evidenced by a portfolio of work, personal projects, or open-source contributions.
AI at Toast
At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it's a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
We 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
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits. You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy.
Zone A
$193,000-$309,000 USD
Zone B
$168,000-$269,000 USD
Zone C
$151,000-$242,000 USD
How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people. To learn more:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient-when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out:
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 View email address on jobs.jobcopilot.com.
For roles in the United States, it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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