Lead Platform Engineer - Java Spring Boot

Starbucks; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Tuition coverage (Starbucks CollegeAch

Paid vacation and parental leave

Stock program (Bean Stock)

Job summary

Starbucks is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to guide a software development and operations team focused on platform automation and security. You will drive planning, delivery, and operations, and shape technology strategy and roadmaps for new and existing applications and platforms.

The role requires hands-on technical ability, domain proficiency, and leadership, with Starbucks guiding principles guiding day-to-day work. Onsite four days a week as part of a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional industry experience with software development and operations.
• 3-5 years of leading or managing systems or application development projects of all sizes and complexities, including large distributed systems.
• 3-5 years of leading or managing small technical teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads the technical team through the solution design process and guides development efforts.
• Ensures platform has secure, durable, scalable, and accessible solutions.
• Leads an engineering team with Platform Security Automation focus to comply with security requirements.
• Partners with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, QA and product teams to promote platform evolution.
• Drives adoption of self-service capabilities and maintains platform documentation.
• Oversees production support and incident response for platform components.

Skills

Leadership

Platform security automation

DevOps culture

Cross-functional collaboration

Security awareness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Ansible

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

Vault / Azure Key Vault

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

Starbucks is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to guide a software development and operations team focused on platform automation and security. You will drive planning, delivery, and operations, and shape technology strategy and roadmaps for new and existing applications and platforms.

The role requires hands-on technical ability, domain proficiency, and leadership, with Starbucks guiding principles guiding day-to-day work. Onsite four days a week as part of a collaborative team.