Toast

Restaurant Technology Platform — Powering 127,000+ Restaurants

The consensus on Toast: Choose Toast if you want product impact at massive scale with an inclusive engineering culture and public company stability — but expect return-to-office and some organizational friction.

2012
Founded
Boston, MA
Headquarters
~6,500
Employees
$6.1B
Revenue (2025)
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Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Toast

Toast is the leading cloud-based restaurant technology platform, providing everything from point-of-sale systems and online ordering to payroll and marketing — all built specifically for the food service industry. With $6.1B in 2025 revenue and 127,000+ restaurant locations on the platform, Toast has established itself as the vertical SaaS leader in one of the world's oldest industries. The engineering culture is praised for its inclusivity and smart colleagues, though the company is navigating the tension between startup energy and public company structure. Engineers here build products that have tangible, daily impact on how restaurants run.

Glassdoor Ratings

Toast Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

3.8
Overall Glassdoor Score
Based on 1,624 reviews
Culture & Values 3.9
Work-Life Balance 3.7
Diversity & Inclusion 4.2
Career Opportunities 3.5
Overall Rating 3.8
70% Recommend to a Friend
Employee Review Themes

Working at Toast: Pros & Cons

What employees love

  • Inclusive, diverse culture — 4.2/5 D&I rating, employees feel safe and comfortable
  • Smart engineering colleagues — strong mid-level and senior talent to learn from
  • Competitive comp with public company RSUs — stock has performed well
  • Real product impact — your code runs in 127,000+ restaurants daily

What could be better

  • Return-to-office mandate pushed through despite employee opposition
  • Micromanagement from non-subject-matter experts in some teams
  • Career growth can stall — roles sometimes under-leveled vs. industry
  • Siloed departments with poor cross-team communication
Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

Java Kotlin React TypeScript AWS

Product

Full-stack restaurant operating system: POS, online ordering, delivery, kitchen display, payroll, marketing, and financial services. Built for the unique needs of food service.

Scale

127,000+ restaurant locations processing billions of transactions. Engineering challenges span real-time payments, offline resilience, and multi-location management. Explore careers →

Team Structure

Engineering split across Boston HQ, Dublin, and Omaha. Teams organized by product domain (payments, ordering, marketing). Additional engineering leadership hired recently to improve team efficiency.

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