**Now Brewing – director, engineering (Data Governance & AI Experience)**

From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company—one that celebrates connection and innovation. **We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the next generation of enterprise data platforms and AI-ready systems, shaping how data is governed, discovered, and activated across the company.**

This role will define and scale critical capabilities across data governance, catalog, semantic layer, metadata, and AI data readiness, powering intuitive, self-serve experiences such as natural language to SQL and data exploration.

You’ll lead a multi-layered engineering organization (engineering managers, data engineers, ML engineers, and contractors) to deliver high-impact, scalable platforms that unify data, AI, and user experience.

As a director, engineering, you will…

**Governance & Architecture Leadership**

+ Own the vision, architectur...