software engineer- ST, Seattle, WA

Summary

Starbucks is a company known for celebrating coffee and fostering connection. They are seeking a Software Engineer to deliver high-quality technologies and security capabilities that support software development and operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Enable fast, reliable delivery by supporting development teams, resolving developer issues, and engineering build and release processes
• Strengthen reliability and observability by implementing service monitoring, deep telemetry, and high-availability operational support—automating solutions across the environment
• Build secure and compliant foundations by implementing technologies aligned to information security principles, maintaining secure configurations/baselines, and upholding applicable policies and regulatory requirements

Skills

• 0–4 years of professional industry experience with software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Systems & production operations: 1+ years in systems/network administration or systems engineering, plus hands-on production support (monitoring/telemetry, troubleshooting, incident response; 24x7/on-call a plus)
• Automation & coding: 1+ years coding/scripting for automation in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++ (Ruby/Perl also welcome) with strong debugging skills
• Cloud & delivery tooling: experience with AWS/Azure and exposure to CI/CD or build/release tooling and automation
• Core technical foundations: working knowledge of distributed systems, TCP/IP networking (DNS/routing), and databases/data stores (SQL/NoSQL)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 0–4 years of professional industry experience with software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Nice to Haves

• Systems & production operations: 1+ years in systems/network administration or systems engineering, plus hands-on production support (monitoring/telemetry, troubleshooting, incident response; 24x7/on-call a plus)
• Automation & coding: 1+ years coding/scripting for automation in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++ (Ruby/Perl also welcome) with strong debugging skills
• Cloud & delivery tooling: experience with AWS/Azure and exposure to CI/CD or build/release tooling and automation
• Core technical foundations: working knowledge of distributed systems, TCP/IP networking (DNS/routing), and databases/data stores (SQL/NoSQL)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Family expansion reimbursement
• Paid vacation from date of hire*
• Sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
• Eight paid holidays
• Two personal days per year
• Eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
• Incentivized emergency savings
• Financial well-being tools
• 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
• Student loan management resources
• Access to other educational opportunities
• Access to backup care
• DACA reimbursement
• Partners have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits (and their family)
• Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act