# engineer lead (Java) - ST, Seattle WA

At Starbucks, our mission is with every cup, with every conversation, with every community - we nurture limitless possibilities of human connection. Starbucks Technologists work to achieve this mission using cutting-edge technology delivered to our partners, customers, stores, roasters, and global communities. This job contributes to Starbucks success by delivering high-quality, reliable, and stable technologies and security capabilities in support of the Starbucks Engineering Platform. This position is accountable for the installation, configuration, monitoring, analysis, maintenance, and technical support of the platform. Summary of Key Responsibilities Leading and guiding the team to deliver business features Communicates highly complex ideas and concepts to non-technical peers and customers Ability to establish cross-functional, collaborative relationships with business and technology partners Support the development team and perform activities to resolve developer issues in a timely and accurate fashion Engineer build and release processes Ability to effectively manage and partner with technology vendors to deliver against business objectives Conducts research and makes r

- **Id**: 3995141
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/starbucks-engineer-lead-java-st-seattle-wa>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2024-03-04T14:15:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:59:23Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 980
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6804
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Catering & Food Services

## Company

- **Id**: 7439
- **Name**: Starbucks
- **Domain**: starbucks.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/starbucks>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 818
- **Ghost share**: 0.039
- **Stale share**: 0.002
- **Repost share**: 0.209
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Cassandra** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **HIPAA** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 980

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T00:59:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.29
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 980
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:29:29Z

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