Global coffee retailer scaling data infrastructure and store operations
Starbucks operates a 10,000+ person organization across retail, supply chain, and corporate functions. The tech stack reflects a maturing data platform built on Databricks, Azure, and Spark, paired with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) and governance systems (Collibra, ER/Studio) — indicating a push toward enterprise data literacy and cataloging. Hiring velocity is steady across operations (majority), data engineering, and finance, with an active portfolio around inventory optimization, scalable pipelines, and store financial performance.
Notable leadership hires: Regional Director
Starbucks operates a global coffee and food retail business headquartered in Seattle, WA, with corporate, supply chain, and store operations spanning the United States, Canada, and Singapore. The company employs over 10,000 people across functions including store operations, data and analytics, finance, marketing, and product. Current operational priorities include inventory optimization, supply chain resilience, store-level financial performance, and food innovation. Data infrastructure investments center on cataloging, governance, and pipeline scalability to support store-level decision-making and corporate strategy execution.
Starbucks uses Databricks, Azure, Tableau, Power BI, Collibra, Apache Spark, Python, R, Scala, and SQL. Governance and collaboration tools include ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence. Data pipeline and modeling work uses PySpark, Pandas, and Databricks SQL.
Starbucks is actively hiring in the United States, Canada, and Singapore. The majority of roles are operations-focused, with concentrated hiring in mid-level and junior positions.
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