Staff Software Engineer, Ai & Strategy

Toast

Remote
Zone a: $193,000—$309,000; zone b: $168,000—$269,0...
Remote
Hands-on backend engineering
Machine learning implementation
0-to-1 product development
Toast is looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to join the AI & Strategy Engineering team, focusing on building 0-to-1 tools to revolutionize sales operations

Job Summary

  • Toast is looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to join the AI & Strategy Engineering team, focusing on building 0-to-1 tools to revolutionize sales operations.
  • This role involves architecting and coding high-performance backend services and ML pipelines, leveraging LLMs and Agentic AI to automate tasks and provide real-time recommendations.
  • The position requires deep backend expertise, applied AI/ML skills with LLMs, and experience integrating with complex enterprise software like custom quoting engines or Salesforce.

Matching Summary

Toast is looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to join the AI & Strategy Engineering team, focusing on building 0-to-1 tools to revolutionize sales operations.

Salary

Zone A: $193,000—$309,000; Zone B: $168,000—$269,000; Zone C: $151,000—$242,000; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • hands-on backend engineering
  • Machine Learning implementation
  • 0-to-1 product development
  • LLM and Agentic AI
  • backend connective tissue development
  • complex distributed systems

Nice-to-have

  • building internal sales tech tools
  • passion for removing friction
  • familiarity with AWS data services

Key Requirements

  • Extensive experience in backend languages (Java, Go, Python)
  • Practical, hands-on experience deploying ML models and building with LLMs
  • Experience building or deeply integrating with complex enterprise software
  • Ability to design event-driven architectures
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Work Rights

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