engineer I - ST - Partner Technology (Nashville, TN - U.S.)

Starbucks Corp.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Bean Stock

Job summary

Starbucks Coffee Company is seeking an Engineer I - Front-end iOS in Nashville to build, test, and deliver iOS experiences for partner tools. You will integrate with GraphQL/REST APIs, collaborate across product and design, and contribute to AI-assisted development while growing ownership of mobile delivery.

The role emphasizes scalable, enterprise-grade mobile platforms, with on-site collaboration and ongoing improvement of testing and deployment processes.

Qualifications

• 0-2+ years of professional software-development experience, including iOS development.

Responsibilities

• Build, iterate, and enhance iOS applications used by Starbucks partners to support store readiness and day-to-day store experiences.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

GraphQL

REST APIs

iOS development

Git

CI/CD

Unit testing

Code reviews

Async programming

Networking

Tools

Xcode

Postman

Job description

Now Brewing: engineer I - Front-end iOS! #tobeapartner

From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others.

As the engineer I, you will play a critical role in advancing our enterprise technology solutions, supporting the platforms that underpin in-store partner tooling. This role sits at the intersection of Partner Tech, Retail Operations, and Enterprise Data & Analytics, driving platform-based solutions that balance standardization, flexibility, and innovation at scale.

You will execute the strategy, engineering, and delivery for Digital Experience platforms, ensuring these systems operate as enterprise-grade, resilient, and extensible capabilities that unlock business outcomes—not just point solutions. These products are at the heart of shift execution and should increasingly leverage AI and intelligent automation to improve productivity, accelerate decision-making, and enhance problem solving for partners and operators

As an engineer I, you will...

• Build, iterate, and enhance iOS applications used by Starbucks partners to support store readiness and day-to-day store experiences.
• Deliver accessible, reliable, maintainable, and well-tested features from implementation through production.
• Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions, code reviews, and the evolution of mobile engineering practices.
• Integrate iOS applications with GraphQL APIs, REST APIs, and backend services.
• Collaborate across product, design, backend, QA, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Improve application quality through unit, integration, and automated UI testing.
• Diagnose and resolve application defects, crashes, performance issues, and reliability problems.
• Participate in CI/CD, application releases, production support, and incident-resolution activities.
• Contribute to technical documentation, operational runbooks, team tooling, and knowledge sharing.
• Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully across development, testing, debugging, documentation, and code review.
• Apply appropriate judgment when reviewing AI-generated solutions to maintain standards for quality, security, testing, and maintainability.
• Continue developing broader technical ownership across mobile development, backend integration, and application delivery.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• 0-2+ years of professional software-development experience, including professional iOS development experience.
• Strong proficiency with Swift and experience developing applications using SwiftUI and/or UIKit.
• Experience with Swift concurrency, asynchronous programming, networking, application lifecycle, and state management.
• Experience integrating iOS applications with GraphQL APIs, including data modeling, queries, mutations, error handling, caching, and resilient client-server interactions.
• Experience integrating mobile applications with REST APIs and backend services.
• Understanding of modern iOS architecture, modular application development, state management, and dependency management.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests and familiarity with automated UI testing.
• Experience with Git, pull requests, code reviews, branching, and collaborative software-development workflows.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and automated mobile build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Experience debugging application defects, crashes, and performance issues using Xcode, logging, profiling, and application-monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with application health and observability, including crash analysis, performance monitoring, and production diagnostics.
• Understanding of secure mobile development, authentication, authorization, secure token handling, and application-data protection.
• Experience delivering features through the software-development lifecycle, including implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile product team and collaborate across product, design, backend engineering, QA, and operations.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools or agents, with an understanding of the importance of reviewing and validating AI-generated code and recommendations.

As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to 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, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners 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, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 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, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.

*If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation 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. For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

We believe we do our best work when we're onsite four days a week in Nashville, TN.

Join us and inspire with every cup.

Starbucks Coffee Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

Starbucks Coffee Company is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail] or 1(888) 611-2258.