Lead Software Engineer – Pharmacy Core Platform at Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Posted in Information Technology 10 days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Lakeland, Florida





Job Description:

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.

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’re interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure – we have a career path for you! See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a constant on Fortune Magazine’s Best Companies to Work list.

Join the Pharmacy Core Platform team! As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for administering various application servers, installing applications, working with developers to research and troubleshoot issues, automating tasks via programs and scripts, and performance tuning applications. You will work closely with our vendors, our team’s product owners as well as other Pharmacy team product owners to ensure pharmacy applications are performing optimally in our host environments.

Job Responsibilities:


  • Lead middleware administrators through multiple complex projects from design through implementation

  • Understand multiple technologies and how they are used to enable large scale systems to interact with other large-scale systems.

  • Perform in-depth analysis on all Pharmacy team systems in order to identify performance optimizations and other areas for improvement.

  • Provide leadership for administration of Pharmacy application technology and infrastructure, conveying best practices.

  • Participate in long term solutions for scalability, security, and performance of Pharmacy technology and infrastructure.

  • Lead technical team through problem determination and resolution on highly complex problems.

  • Adapt to a rapidly changing environment, willing to learn new processes and/or technologies quickly.


  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience

  • 7+ years of experience administering Oracle WebLogic, JBoss or Wildfly application servers.

  • 7+ years of experience administering web servers.

  • 7+ years of experience configuring web server proxies and their connectivity to application servers.

  • 7+ years of experience in UNIX environments with tools and core utilities including shell scripting.

  • 5+ years of experience with deployment tools, such as Ansible and Octopus

  • 5+ years of experience working with applications using Oracle Database

  • 2+ years of experience administering and managing Kafka environments.

  • Participate in 24/7 on-call support rotation, including researching complex issues, determining root cause, developing workarounds, and communicating issues with our vendors for resolution delivery.


  • Experience promoting collaboration and teamwork across enterprise, leading by example, and contributing to the productivity and moral of the team.

  • Solid understanding of the functional and operational practices necessary to operate in a highly available, secure, and regulated environment to meet business, security, and compliance requirements.

  • 9+ years of software engineering experience

  • 9+ years of experience administering Oracle WebLogic, JBoss or Wildfly application servers.

  • Experience with Java development

  • Experience with SQL Server

  • Experience using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)

  • Experience administering Spring Boot applications.

  • Additional tools/technology experience: Splunk, Docker, Kubernetes


  • 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

  • Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)





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