Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Starbucks is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to their Engineering Platform by delivering high-quality technologies. The role involves collaborating with platform engineering teams, shaping technology strategy, and ensuring the stability and security of application and infrastructure solutions.
Responsibilities
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
- Build strong cross-functional relationships with business and technology partners
- Support development teams by resolving issues promptly and accurately
- Design and maintain build and release processes
- Manage and collaborate with technology vendors to meet business objectives
- Research and recommend standards, products, and services
- Ensure application and infrastructure solutions are stable, secure, and compliant
- Implement technologies following Information Security principles for sensitive data
- Provide high-availability operational support and automate solutions
- Develop telemetry and monitoring capabilities to ensure system performance and continuity
- Maintain system configurations and baselines to support secure development practices
- Uphold company policies and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI)
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 4–8 years of professional software development experience
- Experience in platform engineering and product development teams
- Strong understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, and security
- Ability to quickly learn cloud-based technologies (e.g., managed data services, eventing, secrets management)
- Expertise in AWS or Azure cloud computing concepts
- Hands-on coding and code review skills (Golang preferred)
- Knowledge of: System architecture and design, Data storage (Postgres, DynamoDB, Cassandra), Platform as a Service, Monitoring, auditing, and operations
- Experience with orchestration/configuration management and CI/CD tools (Docker/Kubernetes, AWS CodeBuild/CodePipeline, ArgoCD, Terraform, Datadog)
- Proficient in Linux containers, cloud networking, and incident troubleshooting
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms and application capabilities, APIs, and process flows
- Awareness of business context and functional aspects of solutions
- Contribute to platform strategy, operational processes, and security frameworks
- Develop and deploy solutions using Agile and continuous delivery practices
- Ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills for technical and business audiences
- Skilled in negotiation, strategic planning, and decision-making
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Proficiency in languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
- Ability to debug, optimize, and automate tasks
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements (SOX, PCI, HIPAA)
- Experience managing high-capacity, mission-critical environments
- Strong database knowledge and networking proficiency (TCP/IP, DNS, routing)
- Experience supporting 24x7 production environments
Benefits
- Access to medical insurance
- Access to dental insurance
- Access to vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Other voluntary insurance benefits
- Access to short-term disability
- Access to 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
- 401(k) retirement plan participation (eligible partners) with employer match
- 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
- Access to time off pursuant to applicable state and local laws (including Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
- Onsite work arrangement: onsite four days a week
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