software engineer- ST, Seattle, WA

Summary

Starbucks is a company that celebrates coffee and connection, and they are seeking a Software Engineer to support their technology and security capabilities. The role involves delivering high-quality technologies, supporting development teams, and ensuring reliable and secure software operations.

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
• 1+ years in systems/network administration or systems engineering, plus hands-on production support (monitoring/telemetry, troubleshooting, incident response; 24x7/on-call a plus)
• 1+ years coding/scripting for automation in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++ (Ruby/Perl also welcome) with strong debugging skills
• Experience with AWS/Azure and exposure to CI/CD or build/release tooling and automation
• 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

• 1+ years in systems/network administration or systems engineering, plus hands-on production support (monitoring/telemetry, troubleshooting, incident response; 24x7/on-call a plus)
• 1+ years coding/scripting for automation in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++ (Ruby/Perl also welcome) with strong debugging skills
• experience with AWS/Azure and exposure to CI/CD or build/release tooling and automation
• 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
• Participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• A 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
• Backup care
• DACA reimbursement
• Vacation accrual up to a maximum of 120 hours (190 in CA) for roles below director and 200 hours (316 in CA) for roles at director or above in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI
• Vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above in other states
• Onsite four days a week work arrangement