Principal Software Engineer - AI Pod

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Principal From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Principal Software Engineer - AI Pod Dublin, Ireland Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy. Because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people - and increasingly shaped by AI in both what we build and how we build - restaurants can trust that we'll deliver on their needs for today while investing in the experiences that will power their restaurant of the future. An AI pod is Toast's AI-native engineering team, a focused pod of specialists who tackle complex, high-impact problems across Toast's product and platform landscape using AI-first approaches. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll work full-stack across ambitious, cross-cutting initiatives, bringing deep technical expertise and architectural judgment to some of the hardest problems at Toast. A day in the life (Responsibilities) - Lead full-stack design and delivery of AI-native solutions that address complex, cross-functional problems across Toast - Drive technical architecture for pod initiatives, from backend services and APIs to frontend and developer-facing interfaces - Build and integrate LLM-powered agents, tools, and workflows that bring AI capabilities directly into product and platform contexts - Set and uphold engineering standards within the pod: code quality, system design, testing, and operational practices - Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing - Partner with stakeholders across Toast engineering to define problem scope, align on approach, and deliver outcomes - Serve as a technical voice in cross-team architecture discussions,

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