Principal Software Engineer

If you love writing clean, performant Ruby on Rails code that runs in production, this temporary role in Olympia, WA was made for you. Join Starbucks as a temporary Principal Software Engineer and take real ownership of Ruby on Rails work while earning $160,000 - $222,000 and growing your craft.

• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Starbucks
• Lead the Analytical Thinking migration that finally retires Starbucks's self-directed legacy stack
• Resurrect flaky Django tests until the Olympia, WA suite is trustworthy again
• Prototype rough Flask ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Starbucks's stack
• Stand up observability so Starbucks sees failures before customers in WA do
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services

• Fluency in PHP earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A point of view on Starbucks's space, sharpened by your own reading
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• A knack for PostgreSQL that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Demonstrated calm when an Olympia, WA client changes scope mid-stream
• An Olympia grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly

At Starbucks, an empowering Olympia-based studio, the whole mission boils down to making Flask feel effortless for everyone downstream. Nobody at Starbucks will hover over your shoulder; we hand you the keys and trust you to drive.

The offer rewards both ends, $160,000 - $222,000 for your Ruby on Rails today and mentorship for the principal leader you become tomorrow.

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