Starbucks · 6 hours ago
lead platform engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expStarbucks is a company that celebrates coffee and connection, and they are seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to advance their cloud platform strategy. In this role, you will guide engineering teams in adopting a secure and scalable internal platform while ensuring operational excellence and collaboration across teams.
CoffeeFood and BeverageRestaurantsTea
Responsibilities
Partner with application teams to guide them through onboarding, platform adoption, and production readiness, helping them successfully leverage platform guardrails, resiliency patterns, and observability capabilities
Contribute to the ongoing evolution, reliability, and operational excellence of the internal platform, including improvements to automation, documentation, tooling, and workflows
Support engineering teams by troubleshooting platform issues, advising on best practices, and helping remove blockers throughout their development and delivery lifecycle
Enhance platform monitoring, telemetry, and operational readiness to ensure stability, performance, and availability of critical services
Participate in oncall operations and contribute to continuous improvement efforts that strengthen resiliency and reduce operational friction
Collaborate closely with partner teams across engineering, architecture, and security to ensure the platform remains secure, compliant, and aligned with Starbucks’ standards
Qualification
Required
8–10 years of professional industry experience with software development
2 years leading teams of four or more software developers
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Proficiency in Golang and/or Python
Strong experience with Linux, Bash, and Git
3+ years of experience with Terraform
Experience operating Kubernetes (EKS or similar) or other distributed systems in production
Experience with observability tools (e.g., Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, or similar)
Experience working with YAML configurations
Experience implementing CI/CD and GitOps patterns using tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Argo CD to automate secure, reliable application and infrastructure delivery
Experience supporting enterprise systems in an on-call or 24×7 operational environment
2+ years working in an Agile environment
Strong understanding of AWS or Azure, including cloud computing fundamentals, distributed systems concepts, and security best practices
Networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
Experience communicating technical topics to leadership teams
Familiarity with compliance standards such as PCI or SOC2
Preferred
Experience with Helm for packaging or deploying Kubernetes applications
Hands-on Datadog experience (APM, dashboards, logs, alerts, monitors)
Experience with PagerDuty or similar incident response tools
Handson experience designing and operating CI/CD and GitOps delivery pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and/or Argo CD, including automated testing and security scanning
Experience developing internal platform tooling or self-service automation pathways
Background in customer success or platform success enablement
Experience influencing platform or product direction based on customer engagement insights
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Paid parental leave
Family expansion reimbursement
Paid vacation from date of hire
Sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
Eight paid holidays
Two personal days per year
Participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
Incentivized emergency savings
Financial well-being tools
100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
Student loan management resources
Access to other educational opportunities
Backup care
DACA reimbursement
Company
Starbucks
Starbucks is a restaurant chain that serves handcrafted ready-to-drink beverages, including coffee, tea, juices, and snack food items.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.65BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Pershing Square Capital Management
2025-05-06Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2024-07-19Post Ipo Equity
2018-10-10Post Ipo Equity· $900M
Leadership Team
Brian R. Niccol
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cathy R. Smith
CFO
Recent News
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