Lead Software Engineer - POS Platform Management (Information Technology)

Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service. Publix's Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.

Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.

Welcome to Publix Technology, the award-winning technical group for Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the nation. Our technology teams of 2100+ associates provide cutting-edge, modern solutions to nearly 1400 retail stores and 200,000+ internal team members across 8 states. We offer positions at all levels - summer internships, individual contributor roles, to technical leadership across a broad range of technical disciplines. So, whether you are interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure - we have a career path for you! Pub Subs are not the only thing we build from scratch. See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. has been on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

Join the Point-of-Sale Modernization team! As a Lead Software Engineer, you are responsible for partnering with product owners, business systems analysts, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable technology solutions. This position leads, designs, develops, unit tests, debugs, supports, and documents the technical aspects of the technology solutions within the Point-of-Sale modernization portfolio. The ability to create new, modern, responsive, and well tested software solutions is a must. In addition, you are required to lead, guide and mentor all levels of software engineers from associate to senior level and ensure they are following Publix's development best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Write or modify highly complex modern software solutions from technical designs, program specifications and/or product backlog items with little or no guidance.
• Write, modify, and automate unit test plans, scripts, and cases for highly complex programs and/or application packages.
• Participate in and be an advocate for Test Driven Development
• Facilitate and conduct technical knowledge transfers and code reviews.
• Perform after hours support on technical solutions within the product portfolio.
• Lead technical team through problem determination and resolution on highly complex problems.
• Lead and perform development, debugging, and technical support for technical solutions within the product portfolio.
• Coach and guide software engineers through technical tasks and work with product owners, business areas, and technical experts to implement secure and compliant technical solutions.
• Lead and coordinate technical solution design for highly complex technology solutions under general guidance architecture, technical leads, systems analysts, and product owners.
• Define technical scope, estimates, and risks, to the business systems analyst, product owner, and/or portfolio manager for development activities.
• Perform industry research and make recommendations regarding technical enhancements, new features, technology, and infrastructure to continuously improve technical solutions within product portfolio.
• Ensure technology solutions and enhancements meet or exceed change management, security, and compliance policies.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or other analytical discipline or equivalent experience  
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 7+ years of experience with designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-level applications.
• 5+ years' experience analyzing business problems and translating business requirements into technology solutions using object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, service-oriented architecture, and solution frameworks. 
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft .NET/Core, C#
• 4+ years' experience with Data storage technologies (such as SQL server)  
• 3+ years of experience with TFS/Git code management, DevOps Integration, DevOps Pipelines, or other CI/CD tools
• 2+ years of enterprise level Angular or REACT front end experience.
• Experience with Agile software development cycles.

• 9+ years of software engineering experience
• 9+ years of experience with designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-level applications.
• 7+ years' experience analyzing business problems and translating business requirements into technology solutions using object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, service-oriented architecture, and solution frameworks. 
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs and Windows services.
• 5+ years of experience with TFS/Git code management, DevOps Integration, DevOps Pipelines, or other CI/CD tools
• 5+ years' experience with Data storage technologies (such as SQL server and SQLite)  
• 7+ years of experience with Microsoft .NET Core, C#, Python, XML/JSON, XSLT, YAML, and PowerShell
• 4+ years of enterprise level Angular front-end experience
• 2+ years of experience with Agile software development cycles
• Experience and knowledge of container-based applications in Docker.
• Experience with Kafka or other messaging service such as MSMQ or Rabbit MQ

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost


• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Group health, dental and vision plans


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Parental Leave


• Short- and long-term disability insurance


• Tuition reimbursement


• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria


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