or apply directly on Toast's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 8 days Toast's roles stay open a median of 42 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Toast's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Toast
- low 0 stale, 57 reposted of 346 open
- Hiring momentum
- 625 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Toast's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Toast.
About this role
As a Principal Software Engineer on the data platform team at Toast, you will be responsible for contributing to the technical strategy and hands-on development of the foundational data infrastructure that supports analytics products and AI/ML capabilities. Your role will involve working with technologies like Apache Spark and Iceberg, mentoring other engineers, and ensuring that the platform evolves to meet the needs of various product teams. You will also influence architectural decisions and design API surfaces to facilitate self-service for engineers across the organization.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Toast as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years in software engineering with meaningful experience in data platform or distributed systems
- Deep expertise in Apache Spark and Apache Iceberg
- Strong background in streaming infrastructure (Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, or similar) and cloud-native data platforms on AWS
- Experience designing internal platforms and developer-facing abstractions
- Demonstrated ability to drive technical alignment across multi-team environments
Nice to have
- Databricks experience
Worth weighing
- Hybrid role requiring in-office collaboration two days per week
- Significant platform evolution underway, which may involve challenges during migration and scaling
- Focus on mentoring and influencing other teams may require strong interpersonal skills
Summarised from Toast's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Toast on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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