Engineer lead; Java Springboot; ST Seattle WA

This position contributes to Starbucks success by leading a Platform Engineering team with strong focus on platform automation and security. As engineer lead in platform development and engineering, you are responsible for leading a team of software developers through planning, delivery, and operations of solutions. You are also responsible for the evolvement, delivery and support of technology strategy and roadmaps for new and existing applications and platforms.

This role requires hands‑on technical ability, domain proficiency, platform depth, and leadership. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

This position contributes to Starbucks success by leading a Platform Engineering team with strong focus on platform automation and security. As engineer lead in platform development and engineering, you are responsible for leading a team of software developers through planning, delivery, and operations of solutions. You are also responsible for the evolvement, delivery and support of technology strategy and roadmaps for new and existing applications and platforms.

This role requires hands‑on technical ability, domain proficiency, platform depth, and leadership. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Leads the technical team through the solution design process. Leverages and develops talent on the team through all phases of project efforts, including requirements gathering, assessment and backlog refinement. Shapes and guides systems approach, manages project initiation, technical design and development efforts.
• Ensures platform has appropriate design patterns and coding standards in place. Directs team toward secure, durable, scalable, flexible, and accessible solutions that proactively mitigate against production support issues.
• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the immediate team of direct reports promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
• Accountable for delivery of development and operational efforts of the team by ensuring efforts are staffed, structured, budgeted and prioritized appropriately.
• Leads an engineering team with Platform Security Automation focus to comply with Starbucks Global Cyber Security requirements.
• Provide Security Architecture Design Pattern and engineering services for common platform components.
• Provide consultative services to the application product teams.
• Interface with Starbucks Cloud and Global Cyber Security teams representing our platforms.

• Partners with cross functional teams, such as Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, QA and key Development teams, to strengthen and elevate the platform from a technology perspective. Successfully sees designs and solutions through enterprise processes and governance to ensure compliant, secure and supportable solutions.
• Drives adoption of self‑service capabilities and maintains documentation that helps developers work with the platform efficiently.
• Monitors developer experience and platform adoption. Works to identify friction points before they become workarounds.

• Defines and maintains processes, procedures, and expectations for team's production support responsibilities.
• Ensures platform application and platform support…