Starbucks Software Developer reviews

3.2

22% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)
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Brian Niccol

21% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Starbucks with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Starbucks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Restaurantes y servicios de comidas industry (3.7 stars).

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53 reviews
2.0
May 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good benefits and salary - Nice coworkers

Cons

- Mandated AI usage (they literally track developers usage and get mad at you if you aren't constantly using it to write all your code) - Leadership is out of touch - Constant layoffs - Relies too heavily on expensive consulting companies - No loyalty to employees - Slowness and inefficiency is praised - Tons of meetings. TONS of constant company wide all hands meetings

5.0
Feb 6, 2026

Good place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good place with nice friendly people

Cons

Don’t have any that I can think of

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