ToastR & D : Engineering : Commerce

Principal Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFull-timePrincipalSalary: Not disclosed
Posted Sep 2, 2026Deadline: Keep Open
Job SnapshotActively hiring
LocationBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job typeFull-time
SalaryNot disclosed
DeadlineKeep Open

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Experience level
Principal
Work style
Hybrid
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Salary
Not disclosed
Key skills
JavaGraphQLREST

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Toast reports $154M Q2 net income as ARR reaches $2.4B

Q2 2026 revenue rose 23% year over year to $1.91B. Toast added about 9,500 net locations, grew ARR 25% to $2.4B and reported $154M in net income.

Toast debuts AI-powered Toast IQ Grow marketing suite

Toast introduced Toast IQ Grow with an AI Marketing Agent, a redesigned Toast Local app and more than 20 updates spanning marketing, payroll, inventory and operations.

May 2026From the webToast Newsroom

Toast launches unified enterprise drive-thru platform

Toast Drive-Thru combines POS software, kitchen displays, digital menu boards, hardware, services and AI voice-ordering integrations for quick-service restaurant chains.

April 2026From the webToast Newsroom

Toast appoints Rossana Niola chief accounting officer

Toast's board appointed former Mastercard executive Rossana Niola as chief accounting officer and principal accounting officer, succeeding CFO Elena Gomez in the interim accounting roles.

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What you'll own

Lead the evolution of the Menus architecture and data models, define frameworks for quality and scalability, and drive technical strategy for the menu platform’s APIs and user experiences.

What they're looking for

10+ years of software engineering experience, strong back‑end expertise in Java/Kotlin or similar OOP languages, proficiency with modern APIs, relational and alternative data stores, distributed systems, and proven leadership/mentoring abilities.

Why this role matters

The menu platform is the core of Toast’s restaurant experience, affecting ordering, pricing, fulfillment and reporting across all customers, so scaling and improving it directly impacts the company’s growth and enterprise customers.

Best suited to

A seasoned engineer who enjoys architectural transformation, mentoring teams, and influencing engineering practices across a large organization.

Fintech requirements

Visa sponsorship: No
Work arrangement: hybrid

About this role

Toast is building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: running the businesses they love. We’ve grown into a leading hospitality software company in the U.S., and are now entering our next phase of growth—one defined by scale, complexity, and a new class of enterprise customers.

Every restaurant is unique, and a restaurant’s menu expresses its individual brand and product offerings. Inside a Toast restaurant, the definition of the menu becomes the common language between guests, servers, and the kitchen. In our digital ordering products, a great menu serves as both a billboard and a roadmap to an excellent dining experience. It is the central hub for restaurant configuration– it determines what guests can order, how the dishes are presented and priced in different contexts, where they are routed for fulfillment and how they are coursed, how they are prepared, whether the ingredients are still available, and how they are classified for reporting. A menu is always evolving: kitchens create new dishes, managers experiment with pricing and presentation, and staff optimize the menu for restaurant operations. 

We create products to satisfy the vast breadth of our restaurants, from single-location coffee shops to complex enterprise brands with thousands of locations. We offer an extremely powerful and configurable menu platform, and our team exists to ensure that this flexibility can be managed effectively at any scale. This includes feature-rich menu data models, APIs for both first and third party integrations (eg: DoorDash and other ordering partners), and the user experiences for configuring menus that meet a vast variety of needs, from complex customer segments (eg: Pizza shops) to our evolving Retail platform. 

We are looking for a visionary engineer who is motivated by these challenges and eager to transform our menus architecture to meet the dynamic needs of our customers and our rapidly growing business. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Menus 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 evolution of our Menus architecture and data models, delivering scalable solutions that have significant business impact.
  • Define and implement frameworks and processes that guarantee the quality, resilience, and scalability of our user experiences and API 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)

  • Minimum education: BE or B.Tech in a technology-related field
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in back-end development using Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented language
  • Proficient with modern API 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.

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. We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

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 hospitality community, regardless of location. Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast

People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success

At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast. We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

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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.

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