Senior Software Engineer

Description

Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is driven by a dynamic technology team of 2,300+ professionals delivering innovative solutions to 1,400+ stores and 260,000+ associates across 8 states. From IT security and platform engineering to architecture, software development, and infrastructure, we offer career opportunities at every level—internships through technical leadership. Join a company consistently ranked among Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and help us build more than great subs—build the future of technology at Publix. In this role, you will be at the forefront of modernizing how one of the largest employee-owned retailers in the U.S. manages and delivers critical item and pricing data across many store locations. Our solutions directly impacts store operations at scale and play a key role in the in-store customer experience.

Department

Publix Technology

Job Category

Information Technology/Systems

Work Model

Enjoy the best of both worlds - collaborate in person and innovate remotely.

Location: Hybrid (Lakeland, FL): To support our hybrid work model, candidates must reside, or be willing to relocate, within a commutable distance of Lakeland, FL.

Interview Process

Candidates selected to advance in the interview process will be required to participate in at least one onsite interview at our Lakeland, FL campus.

Why Join Us?

• Hybrid Flexibility: Work remotely when you need focus time and join us onsite for high-impact collaboration and brainstorming sessions.
• Operational Efficiency: Ensure technology solutions support efficient workflows and enable automation to improve operational effectiveness.
• Empowered Culture: We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning—your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization.

Your Impact

• Hands-on development work within a cross-functional team environment utilizing agile methodologies
• Convert requirements to technical design, develop high-quality solutions, and implement while collaborating with other technical and business areas
• Define and communicate development scope, resource estimates, and risks to the product owner and/or manager
• Collaborate with product owner and team members to develop features and user stories with clear requirements and acceptance criteria
• Convert requirements to technical design, develop high-quality solutions, and implement while collaborating with other technical and business areas
• Facilitate technical knowledge transfers and perform peer code reviews
• Lead technical team through problem determination and resolution on highly complex problems
• Ensure technology solutions and enhancements meet or exceed change management, security, and compliance policies
• Ability to participate in production support rotation
• Ability to collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into high-quality code
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities to optimize performance, scalability, and maintainability of applications
• Stay current with emerging technologies and development trends to help guide architectural decisions and technical strategy

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other analytical disciplines, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years full-stack web development experience leveraging .NET Core (or .NET Framework 4.0 or above) including C#, MVC, Web API, and Microsoft Entity Framework
• 5+ years of experience working with one or more of the following frontend technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
• 5+ years of experience designing enterprise class solutions using object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, UML, service-oriented architecture, and solution frameworks
• 5+ years of experience working with enterprise database management system (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2) including database design and authoring complex queries
• 5+ years of experience analyzing and translating business requirements into technology solutions that consider system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, and scalability
• 5+ years of experience planning and managing all activates (on prem or on cloud) associated with delivering solutions in a large-scale distributed environment
• 3+ years of experience with responsive design and cross-browser compatibility using CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, or Material UI

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting applications in an enterprise environment
• 5+ years of leadership experience in driving the work of a team in an agile environment as a subject matter expert, product owner, business analyst, or similar position
• 5+ years of experience supporting data and process governance of distribution system compliance in accordance with company policies, standards, and SOX requirements
• 3+ years of experience approving design of complex technical solutions working with architects, engineers, and other technology resources
• 3+ years of experience with Azure DevOps for managing project tasks, managing code repositories, and creating yaml pipelines for CI/CD builds and deployments
• 3+ years of experience developing in Azure Databricks
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization technologies
• 3+ years of experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture
• 3+ years of experience performing data analysis by creating and executing complex queries, interpreting results, and communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• 3+ years of experience working with cloud solution architecture patterns and design principles, cloud application availability and scalability, and the ability to propose optimized design for cloud (Azure, AWS, and/or GCP)
• 3+ years of experience creating CI/CD pipelines for deploying and supporting micro services
• 3+ years of hands-on experience building applications using React.js, including reusable components, state management, and modern frameworks such as TypeScript and Next.js
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems design
• Experience mentoring junior developers and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning

Year End Bonus

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

Additional Information

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

***Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.***