engineer sr - ST (Hybrid) Seattle WA

Starbucks; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Vacation Time

Sick Time

Job summary

Starbucks in Seattle is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and develop secure, scalable .NET services for in-store edge and cloud environments, integrating devices with enterprise platforms. You will lead API design, edge-to-cloud data synchronization, and build robust CI/CD pipelines.

You will mentor engineers, improve fault-tolerance, and contribute to security and reliability across a distributed store-network. This role offers a path to engineering excellence within a global retail platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including strong hands-on development with C# and modern .NET.
• 3+ years of experience building cloud-based solutions using Microsoft Azure; experience with AWS or another major cloud platform is also valuable.
• Experience designing distributed systems that span edge locations and cloud services, including offline operation, synchronization, retry, caching, and failure recovery patterns.
• Hands-on experience with ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, background services, microservices, and event-driven or message-based architectures.
• Experience with Azure services such as App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs, IoT Hub, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience developing or supporting software deployed to edge devices, store servers, gateways, kiosks, or similar distributed hardware environments.
• Understanding of edge-to-cloud security, including device identity, certificate and secret management, encryption, authentication, authorization, and secure software updates.
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL data stores such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or Cosmos DB.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• Experience with observability practices and tools for centralized logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
• Proven ability to design scalable, performant, maintainable, and secure production systems in a collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure, scalable services using C# and modern .NET for in-store edge and cloud environments.
• Build resilient edge applications that can operate reliably with intermittent connectivity and synchronize data with cloud services.
• Create and maintain APIs, event-driven integrations, and messaging patterns that connect store devices, edge services, and enterprise platforms.
• Design for performance, availability, scalability, security, observability, and safe recovery across distributed systems.
• Improve existing code for maintainability, testability, resource efficiency, and reliable operation on edge hardware.
• Develop automated unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end tests and contribute to high-quality code reviews.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for repeatable cloud deployments and controlled software distribution to edge environments.
• Implement telemetry, logging, metrics, and alerting to monitor system health and diagnose issues across stores and cloud services.
• Troubleshoot production issues, lead root cause analysis, and deliver durable corrective actions.
• Document architecture, technical designs, operational workflows, deployment processes, and support procedures.
• Shape technical requirements, architecture decisions, and engineering standards in partnership with product, platform, security, and operations teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote ownership, curiosity, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.

Skills

C#

.NET

Azure

Distributed systems

Edge computing

ASP.NET Core

REST APIs

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Security

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Now Brewing - Engineer, Senior - #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.

Are you driven to build reliable software that connects in-store systems with the cloud?

Do you enjoy solving complex engineering problems across .NET/C#, edge devices, and cloud platforms?

Are you excited to deliver secure, resilient technology that continues to perform in distributed store environments?

If your answer is yes, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Join us to build the software foundation that powers in-store and drive-through experiences. You will work across edge and cloud environments, creating dependable .NET services that connect devices, process data close to where it is generated, and integrate securely with enterprise cloud platforms. You will be part of a team that values practical innovation, operational excellence, and strong engineering craftsmanship.

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop secure, scalable services using C# and modern .NET for in-store edge and cloud environments
• Build resilient edge applications that can operate reliably with intermittent connectivity and synchronize data with cloud services.
• Create and maintain APIs, event-driven integrations, and messaging patterns that connect store devices, edge services, and enterprise platforms.
• Design for performance, availability, scalability, security, observability, and safe recovery across distributed systems.
• Improve existing code for maintainability, testability, resource efficiency, and reliable operation on edge hardware.
• Develop automated unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end tests and contribute to high-quality code reviews.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for repeatable cloud deployments and controlled software distribution to edge environments.
• Implement telemetry, logging, metrics, and alerting to monitor system health and diagnose issues across stores and cloud services.
• Troubleshoot production issues, lead root cause analysis, and deliver durable corrective actions.
• Document architecture, technical designs, operational workflows, deployment processes, and support procedures.
• Shape technical requirements, architecture decisions, and engineering standards in partnership with product, platform, security, and operations teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote ownership, curiosity, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and common design patterns.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including strong hands-on development with C# and modern .NET.
• 3+ years of experience building cloud-based solutions using Microsoft Azure; experience with AWS or another major cloud platform is also valuable.
• Experience designing distributed systems that span edge locations and cloud services, including offline operation, synchronization, retry, caching, and failure recovery patterns.
• Hands-on experience with ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, background services, microservices, and event-driven or message-based architectures.
• Experience with Azure services such as App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs, IoT Hub, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience developing or supporting software deployed to edge devices, store servers, gateways, kiosks, or similar distributed hardware environments.
• Understanding of edge-to-cloud security, including device identity, certificate and secret management, encryption, authentication, authorization, and secure software updates.
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL data stores such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or Cosmos DB.
• Experience with containerization and infrastructure as code using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Bicep, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• Experience with observability practices and tools for centralized logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
• Proven ability to design scalable, performant, maintainable, and secure production systems in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Experience integrating with peripherals, displays, printers, point-of-sale systems, or other in-store technology is preferred but not required.

Benefits

• 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 h