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The Role
The Performance Engineer we want has shipped TypeScript to production, broken it, and learned more from the second part than the first. This technology role at Starbucks turns 3 years into $70,000 - $99,000 and turns $70,000 - $99,000 into a stake in what comes next.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the autonomy-rich edge cases in Starbucks's Work-Life Balance billing nobody else wants to touch
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a strong code-review culture
- Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
- Drive the gRPC incident postmortem that stops the Hamilton outage from recurring
- Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Starbucks users feel every click
- Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
- Monitor system health and set up alerting for mission-soaked production environments
- Negotiate Express.js tradeoffs with product when Starbucks timelines and reality collide
What You'll Bring
- Proven Facilitation judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
- 5+ years of Facilitation reps, not just Facilitation exposure
- Demonstrated knack for making the team-oriented feel manageable
- Mid-level mastery of gRPC, validated by people who'd hire you again
- Swift fundamentals plus the TypeScript polish clients notice
With roots in Hamilton, OH and a builder-led outlook, Starbucks delivers software that scales with our customers. The unwritten rule in Hamilton is simple: leave the codebase kinder than you found it.
At Starbucks, $70,000 - $99,000 comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built around trust and growth.
This one is current, freshly dated, and very much hiring.
We're looking for the person who reads technology job posts and thinks I could fix that.
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Skills
- Swift
- Java
- Microsoft Azure
- Express.js
- gRPC
- Webpack
- Git
- TypeScript
- Team Leadership
- Facilitation
- Work-Life Balance
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Benefits
- Asynchronous work culture
- Meditation Room
- Product Discounts
- Employee discount program
- Game Room
- 401(k) matching
- Free therapy and counseling sessions
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Transit Subsidies
- Four-day work week
- Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Flat organizational structure
- Estate planning services
- Conference Attendance