Lead Software Engineer - Labor Management

Publix Super Markets • Lakeland, FL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 200,000+ 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. Become part of the Labor Management team, designing, building, and delivering a robust application that supports Publix business areas in managing labor activities such as forecasting, time attendance and scheduling. In this role, you will serve as the technical liaison between the delivery team and business users, ensuring alignment between technical solutions and business needs. You will define and enforce design patterns, coding standards, and best practices, while leading the design of scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. Your responsibilities include reviewing code for correctness, performance, and adherence to standards, making informed decisions on frameworks, tools, and technologies, and collaborating on the estimation of timelines and resources. Location: Flexible Hybrid (8 days per month in Lakeland, FL) Work Model: Enjoy the best of both worlds—collaborate in person and innovate remotely. 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. Cutting-Edge AI Projects : Drive innovation in AI platforms, integrating advanced tools and frameworks to solve complex business challenges. Empowered Culture : We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning—your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization. Your Impact Participate on cross-functional project teams to perform expert level development, debugging and technical support for technical solutions within the product portfolio along with facilitating and conducting technical knowledge transfers and code reviews Gather and document business requirements for new functionality and application enhancements Lead and coordinate technical design for complex technology solutions under limited guidance Technical guidance from architecture and technical leads Business guidance from business systems analysts and product owners Complete project management activities, including development of project plans, monitoring project performance, and implementation plans Coach and guide experienced software engineers through technical tasks and work with business systems analysts, product owners, business areas, and technical experts to implement secure and compliant technical solutions Serve as the technical liaison to business areas and other technology teams in all aspects of the labor management application, including afterhours support on an as needed basis #LI-JB1

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Business, or other analytical disciplines or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of IT experience delivering enterprise applications (design, development, and end-to-end delivery), with a proven track record leading complex, cross-team initiatives
• 5+ years of expert-level proficiency in .NET and C# (including .NET 8+), with deep experience in ASP.NET Core, Web API, and MVC, and a strong grounding in OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
• 5+ years designing and building microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven/distributed systems, including resiliency patterns, observability, scalability, and high availability.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL, database design, and the use of ORM frameworks (such as Dapper or Entity Framework) to develop efficient and scalable across data stores such as Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Azure Cosmos DB
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a focus on delivering high quality code
• Experience with Agile/Scrum environments collaborating closely with Product Owners and Scrum Masters
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills; proven ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Test automation background (unit, integration, end-to-end/load testing) using frameworks such as xUnit, Selenium, and Robot, with a commitment to high coverage and maintainable test suite

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with messaging and streaming systems like Kafka, IBM MQ, and MQTT
• Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or Blazor) integrated with backend APIs
• Regular use of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Clean Architecture for enterprise-scale solutions
• Strong understanding of MLOps, model deployment, and performance optimization workflows in Azure or Databricks

Responsibilities

• Participate on cross-functional project teams to perform expert level development, debugging and technical support for technical solutions within the product portfolio along with facilitating and conducting technical knowledge transfers and code reviews
• Gather and document business requirements for new functionality and application enhancements
• Lead and coordinate technical design for complex technology solutions under limited guidance
• Complete project management activities, including development of project plans, monitoring project performance, and implementation plans
• Coach and guide experienced software engineers through technical tasks and work with business systems analysts, product owners, business areas, and technical experts to implement secure and compliant technical solutions
• Serve as the technical liaison to business areas and other technology teams in all aspects of the labor management application, including afterhours support on an as needed basis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees