Basic Qualifications
- 4-8 years of professional industry experience with software development.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Knowledge and experience designing and developing complex software systems.
- Working understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, security concepts, and technical implementation.
- Thorough understanding of relevant platform and applications, including established APIs, system activity components, process flows, underlying data models, business logic, and application configuration.
- 5+ years of experience in Go and/or Python development.
- Ability to successfully work remotely while balancing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical Proficiency
- Aptitude and eagerness to investigate and learn new technologies and trends as they become relevant for the business and our platforms.
- Ability to write and value high quality, reusable software with minimal defects.
- Ability to work directly with users to understand, diagnose, and propose solutions to their problems.
Domain Proficiency
- Experience in designing and developing relevant enhancements on top of industry COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) applications that differentiate and provide competitive advantage.
- Knowledge of business context and trends, as well as the business customers’ opportunities. Awareness of the functional aspects of the solution.
- Capable of developing and deploying cloud-native software and infrastructure (AWS or Azure) in an automated fashion.
Interpersonal Skills
- Shows strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Effectively uses facts and data to build support for solutions across teams and stakeholders.
- Capable of working either independently on tasks or as a collaborative unit as best fits the problem at hand.
- Ability to negotiate priorities, approach, design and ideas with team members and customers.
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 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners 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, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 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, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.
*If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation 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. For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above.
The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
If you live in the greater Seattle area, we offer a flexible workplace that allows for hybrid work. Partners can work remotely up to two days per week.
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