engineer sr (Java Springboot)- Hybrid, Seattle WA

Starbucks; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Starbucks College Achievement Plan

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Starbucks seeks a skilled technologist to join the Engineering Platform, delivering high‑quality, reliable technologies and security capabilities to partners, stores, and customers. The role covers installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance and support of the platform, aligning with Starbucks guiding principles.

Responsibilities include building release processes, collaborating with business and technology partners, and ensuring compliance with PCI and other regulations while

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of professional industry experience with software development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Communicates highly complex ideas and concepts to non-technical peers and customers.
• Establish cross-functional, collaborative relationships with business and technology partners.
• Support the development team and resolve developer issues in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Engineer build and release processes.
• Manage and partner with technology vendors to deliver against business objectives.
• Research and make recommendations on standards, products, and services.
• Ensure applications and infrastructure architectural solutions are stable, secure, and compliant with company standards and practices.
• Implement technologies in accordance with Information Security principles for sensitive data.
• Provide high-availability operational support and automate solutions across the environment.
• Implement deep telemetry capabilities to provide ongoing success and performance metrics.
• Implement service monitoring across all platforms for continuous availability.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Distributed systems

TCP/IP networking

Systems engineering

NoSQL databases

SQL databases

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

DevOps tooling

Job description

At Starbucks, our mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit - one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. Starbucks Technologists work to achieve this mission through the use of cutting‑edge technology delivered to our partners, customers, stores, roasters, and global communities.

This job contributes to Starbucks success by delivering high‑quality, reliable, and stable technologies and security capabilities in support of the Starbucks Engineering Platform. This position is accountable for the installation, configuration, monitoring, analysis, maintenance, and technical support of the platform. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Communicates highly complex ideas and concepts to non‑technical peers and customers
• Ability to establish cross‑functional, collaborative relationships with business and technology partners
• Support the development team and perform activities to resolve developer issues in a timely and accurate fashion
• Engineer build and release processes
• Ability to effectively manage and partner with technology vendors to deliver against business objectives
• Conducts research and makes recommendations on standards, products, and services
• Ensures application and infrastructure architectural solutions are stable, secure, and compliant with Company standards and practices
• Implements all technologies in accordance with Information Security's guiding principles for highly sensitive data
• Provide high‑availability operational support and automate solutions across the environment
• Implements deep telemetry capabilities to provide ongoing success and performance metrics
• Implements service monitoring across all platforms to ensure continuous availability and operational continuity of critical systems
• Upholds company policies, and legal/regulatory requirements, such as PCI
• Implements and maintains system configurations and baselines to support secure application development software control best practices and standards

Basic Qualifications

• Education (minimum education level, degree or certification necessary): 4‑8 years of professional industry experience with software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in system administration, network administration, and systems engineering
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python
• 3+ years of experience with NoSQL and SQL databases
• 3+ years Experience with large‑scale distributed systems and client‑server architectures
• Demonstrated ability to debug and optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
• Interest in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large‑scale distributed systems.
• Proven ability to translate insights into business recommendations
• Knowledge in application development and supporting a development environment
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine)
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements, such as SOX, PCI, HIPAA, Data Protection, etc.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing high capacity, redundant, and mission critical environments
• Knowledge in databases and comfortable with various databases technologies
• Proficiency in TCP/IP networking, architecture and core technologies (DNS, routing, iptables, tc, etc.)
• Experience running and maintaining a 24x7 production environment

Benefits & Perks

• 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.