Principal Cloud Platform Architect, Enterprise Foundations

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance program

Job summary

Starbucks is seeking a Principal Engineer for Cloud Foundation Services to define the long-term cloud strategy and lead platform innovation across AWS, Azure, and future cloud technologies. You will influence engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and partner with senior leaders to enable Starbucks' digital transformation.

You will drive self-service platform capabilities, improve developer experience, and govern secure, reliable cloud platforms with a focus on enterprise-scale

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
• 5+ years leading architecture and technical strategy for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Demonstrated experience influencing engineering direction across multiple teams and organizations.
• Proven experience designing and operating highly available, mission-critical cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical strategy for enterprise cloud platforms and foundational services.
• Drive adoption of modern platform engineering practices that improve developer productivity and cloud platform reliability.
• Establish architectural standards and technical guardrails for cloud-native application development.
• Champion self-service platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to build and deploy applications with greater speed and consistency.
• Drive improvements in developer experience through automation, reusable platform services, and streamlined engineering workflows.
• Guide platform investments that reduce cognitive load for application teams while improving security and governance.
• Partner with Security, Architecture, and Engineering teams to implement secure-by-default cloud solutions.
• Define enterprise standards for cloud governance, compliance, operational resilience, and risk management.
• Lead initiatives that improve reliability, disaster recovery readiness, observability, and service health across cloud platforms.
• Influence technical roadmaps across multiple organizations and programs.
• Mentor senior engineers and help establish a culture of engineering excellence.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Platform architecture

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Executive communication

Security & governance

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Backstage

GitHub Actions

Job description

Starbucks is seeking a Principal Engineer for Cloud Foundation Services to define the long-term cloud strategy and lead platform innovation across AWS, Azure, and future cloud technologies. You will influence engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and partner with senior leaders to enable Starbucks' digital transformation.

You will drive self-service platform capabilities, improve developer experience, and govern secure, reliable cloud platforms with a focus on enterprise-scale