software quality assurance analyst sr- ST; Nashville TN

Starbucks; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan with employer match

Tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Starbucks is seeking a Senior Application Developer in Nashville, Tennessee. This role involves leading projects, building high-quality solutions, and enhancing platform reliability. Candidates should have 4-10 years of experience in software development and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Benefits include medical, dental, 401(k) matching, and tuition coverage for undergraduate degrees, among others.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years of professional industry experience with software development.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other developers and influence cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery including technical design and deployment planning.
• Build high-quality, production-ready solutions leveraging design patterns.
• Participate in on-call support and improve patterns/standards.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

Integration and data transport patterns

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Now Brewing – Application Developers (senior)!

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery – drive requirements/backlog refinement, technical design and development, and deployment planning/execution (including transition to operations) across Agile and/or waterfall delivery.
• Build high-quality, production-ready solutions – leverage established design patterns and coding standards; automate test coverage and support continuous build/integration practices to reduce defects and production issues.
• Strengthen platform reliability – participate in on-call support, troubleshoot and remediate incidents, lead root-cause analysis, report operational KPIs, and improve patterns/standards/shared libraries to reduce technical debt.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years of professional industry experience with software development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years leading teams of four or more software developers (or equivalent technical leadership scope).
• Advanced experience with relevant platforms/applications, including established APIs and key system components (e.g., workflows, process flows, data models, batch jobs, UI components, configuration).
• Strong experience with integration and data transport patterns (synchronous/asynchronous, bulk data, tightly/loosely coupled).
• Experience building on or extending commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications to deliver differentiated business capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other developers and influence cross-functional partners through complex, ambiguous decisions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire, sick time, paid holidays, two personal days per year, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, discounted company stock program, equity program, emergency savings, financial well-being tools, tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree, student loan management resources, access to educational opportunities, backup care and DACA reimbursement.

Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

EEO Statement

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 applicantaccommodation or 1(888) 611-2258.