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principal architect- cloud

Starbucks • Seattle, WA, US • published 2026-10-09 09:03:26.608303

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**Job Summary and Mission** As a Principal Architect within Starbucks Technology, you lead architecture development for global IT solutions spanning Legal Technology, Azure (including Azure Translate), AWS, Atlassian, and ServiceNow. This role is intentionally hands\-on — closer to the practice than a strategy\-only EA — and is accountable for converting business need into architectures, designs, and working solutions across this full technology ecosystem. As a senior member of the architecture community, you champion best practices and process improvement, but your credibility comes from direct, working\-level fluency in the platforms themselves, not solely from frameworks and roadmaps. This person must be equally comfortable evaluating out\-of\-the\-box and SaaS platform capabilities as they are assessing when a custom\-built tool or integration is the better path. A core part of this role is bringing sound build\-versus\-buy judgment to the table — recognizing when existing platforms can be configured or extended to meet a need, and when building a purpose\-built tool will deliver more value, flexibility, or cost efficiency. The defining measure of success for this role is the a...

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