technical lead, data engineering and digital fraud prevention

Starbucks Coffee CompanySeattle, WA
28d

About The Position

Provide technical leadership across two platform domains: real-time distributed APIs and data engineering platforms. Contribute hands-on where it matters most, focusing on critical paths, prototypes, and high-leverage areas. Lead architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, reliable systems that serve critical internal and external consumers. Partner with engineering managers and product leaders to prioritize work, shape technical strategy, and align execution across teams. Lead complex initiatives that span multiple systems, services, and data pipelines. Establish and reinforce engineering best practices around reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence. Act as a key contributor to the team's 1-2 year technical roadmap, helping define priorities, sequencing and strategic bets. Guide the practical application of LLM-powered and agentic workflows within platform capabilities, focusing on real business and developer impact. Act as a multiplier for the teams by mentoring engineers, unblocking delivery, and raising the technical bar. Partner with product and technical leaders to translate business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.

Requirements

  • Experience designing and running resilient, highly available distributed systems
  • Experience with observability (monitoring/metrics and centralized logging; e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Experience applying LLMs and agentic workflows to derive insights from data products (e.g., LLM-powered analytics, RAG over internal datasets/metadata, tool-using agents for investigation, and implementing evaluation/guardrails for reliability)
  • Experience in regulated/compliance environments (e.g., PCI, SOX) and/or operating 24x7 cloud production systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, reliable systems that serve critical internal and external consumers.
  • Partner with engineering managers and product leaders to prioritize work, shape technical strategy, and align execution across teams.
  • Lead complex initiatives that span multiple systems, services, and data pipelines.
  • Establish and reinforce engineering best practices around reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Act as a key contributor to the team's 1-2 year technical roadmap, helping define priorities, sequencing and strategic bets.
  • Guide the practical application of LLM-powered and agentic workflows within platform capabilities, focusing on real business and developer impact.
  • Act as a multiplier for the teams by mentoring engineers, unblocking delivery, and raising the technical bar.
  • Partner with product and technical leaders to translate business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.
  • Facilitate core agile ceremonies including sprint planning, grooming, and daily stand-ups.
  • Coordinate with peer teams to manage dependencies and align on shared outcomes.
  • Ensure alignment between team goals and backlog prioritization.
  • Support a culture of continuous improvement through process iteration and refinement.
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