Senior IoT Engineer — Edge-to-Cloud Platform Lead (Onsite)

Starbucks; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Starbucks is seeking a Senior IoT Engineer to design, build, and operate connected device platforms powering retail operations across thousands of stores. The role requires deep expertise from embedded edge devices to cloud services, event streaming architectures, databases, APIs, and observability.

The ideal candidate excels in C++, Python, Robotics, and modern web development, and will collaborate with Digital Display Engineering, Retail Technology, Store Operations, Product Engineering, Cyber

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience in IoT, distributed systems, cloud platforms, or large-scale connected device ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions supporting thousands of connected retail devices operating in production environments.
• Build and maintain scalable IoT platforms responsible for device connectivity, telemetry collection, and lifecycle management.
• Develop solutions that span the complete technology stack from edge devices to cloud-hosted services.
• Drive platform reliability, resiliency, security, and maintainability.
• Design, develop, and maintain Python-based microservices and APIs.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Web Development

Linux

REST APIs

Kafka

MySQL

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/EE

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Starbucks is seeking a Senior IoT Engineer to design, build, and operate connected device platforms powering retail operations across thousands of stores. The role requires deep expertise from embedded edge devices to cloud services, event streaming architectures, databases, APIs, and observability.

The ideal candidate excels in C++, Python, Robotics, and modern web development, and will collaborate with Digital Display Engineering, Retail Technology, Store Operations, Product Engineering, Cyber