Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Starbucks is known for developing extraordinary leaders who share a passion for coffee and connection. As a Manager of Engineering, you will lead a team responsible for delivering reliable, secure, and scalable technology solutions that support Starbucks engineering teams, driving operational excellence and enabling developer productivity.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering operations and reliability – Oversee system configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and support to ensure stability and performance
- Enable development teams – Partner closely with engineers to resolve issues, improve workflows, and support build and release processes
- Drive operational excellence – Lead Incident, Change, Release, and Problem Management practices while implementing monitoring and alerting solutions
- Ensure secure and compliant systems – Deliver solutions aligned with security, architecture, and regulatory standards (e.g., PCI, SOX)
- Automate and scale – Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve efficiency, scalability, and reliability
- Lead and develop a high-performing team – Coach and manage engineers, driving engagement, growth, and strong team performance
- Collaborate across teams and vendors – Build strong cross-functional partnerships and manage external partners to achieve business outcomes
Skills
- 8–10 years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations
- 5+ years managing complex systems or application development projects
- 3–5 years leading or managing technical teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with cloud or highly virtualized environments
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls, proxies)
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits
- 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
- Two personal days per year
- 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
- Financial well-being tools
- 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
- Access to other educational opportunities
- Access to backup care
- DACA reimbursement
- Vacation accrual 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 in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI
- Vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above in other states
- Onsite four days a week
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