Barista - Part-Time - Chestnut Hill

About the job

At Blue Bottle Coffee, a Barista is someone who is passionate about coffee, culinary items, sustainability, and creating incredible guest experiences grounded in care and respect. We invite you to grow as a team member and create community through coffee with us.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional hospitality to our guests, your fellow teammates, and all of our vendors and suppliers
• Make and serve a selection of delicious beverages with a variety of different brewing and preparation methods
• Prepare and serve delicious food
• Stay knowledgeable about Blue Bottle’s current beverage and food offerings and preparation techniques, continuously cultivating your own curiosity and knowledge through in-house tastings, cuppings, and trainings
• Taste our Blue Bottle beverages regularly to ensure quality, uphold our standards, and develop your palate
• Create community in our cafes by sharing your joy and knowledge of coffee with our guests, and inspire your fellow teammates to do the same
• Support your team by taking joy in the tasks that keep the cafe running smoothly and beautifully—these tasks may vary but can include cleaning, clearing and washing dishes, sweeping, dusting, mopping, cleaning and organizing condiment stations, and taking out trash
• Uphold and follow all health, food safety, and safety guidelines
• Promote a safe and respectful working environment
• Complete Blue Bottle’s Barista training and 90-day validation post-hire

Requirements

• Basic math and computer skills
• A flexible schedule and are available to work mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in the United States and 18 years of age or older

Skills

• Passionate about coffee, food, and creating inclusive hospitality experiences
• Reliable and consistent—your leader and teammates can always depend on you to be punctual and bring your A-game
• Thoughtful and able to anticipate our guests’ needs
• Obsessed with the details, you love honing your craft and understand the nourishing powers in each cup of coffee and each plate of delicious food
• Excited about taking on new experiences and possess a can-do attitude

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
• We provide best-in-class coffee training and continuing education
• We offer a 401(k) plan
• We provide paid time off & paid volunteer hours
• We offer a 50% discount on all products, both online and in-cafe; this includes food, beverages, whole-bean coffee, and merchandise
• We provide two free drinks during shifts for cafe team members
• We offer a Flexible Spending Account & Commuter Benefits
• We provide an Employee Assistance Program

Pay

$18.00 per hour + tips averaging approximately $6-10 per shift hour

Schedule

Café Incentive Program $18 - $18 an hour

Additional Benefits

• We comply with the ADA and provide reasonable accommodations that allow qualified applicants/employees to perform the essential functions of the job.
• We provide reasonable religious accommodations to applicants/employees to allow them to practice their bona fide religious beliefs.
• We may refuse to hire relatives of present employees if doing so could result in actual or potential problems in supervision, security, safety, or morale, or if doing so could create other conflicts of interest.
• We will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• We participate in E-Verify.
• We will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S.
• We will only use E-Verify once an employee has accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
• We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information.
• These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.
• Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.