software engineer- ST, Seattle, WA

Starbucks is hiring a Software Engineer to deliver reliable, stable technologies and security capabilities that help teams build, release, and operate software confidently. The role supports engineering capabilities through development-team support, reliability and observability work, and secure, compliant technology foundations.

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
• 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)
• Strong debugging skills
• Experience with AWS/Azure
• 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 for the partner and their family
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Family expansion reimbursement
• Paid vacation from date of hire; for roles below director in states other than CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND, and RI, vacation starts at 120 hours annually
• Sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked
• Eight paid holidays
• Two personal days per year
• Eligible partners may participate 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
• Backup care
• DACA reimbursement
• Onsite four days a week

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