Principal Quality Assurance Engineer - Stock Programs

Publix Super Markets•Lakeland, FL

7h•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. Join the SAP and Associate Systems team! As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for working with developers, analysts, and other QA Engineers to analyze enhancement requirements and verify those changes match the acceptance criteria. Location: Hybrid (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. Empowered Culture: We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning—your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or a related analytical field or equivalent experience.
6+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance in a Windows environment.
2+ years of experience using Azure DevOps for managing tasks and defects.
4+ years creating automation test strategies and general experience writing automation scripts using industry standard programming languages.
4+ years of experience developing testing software frameworks and developing test scripts using industry standard programming languages like Java, C#, Python.
4+ years of experience writing and executing manual and automated test cases for feature sets on various applications, including websites, using ALM, Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.
2+ years of experience performing as a “gate keeper” by providing test result summaries and recommendations to the project team to pass or fail a test cycle/release.
2+ years of experience mentoring and leading Quality Assurance Engineers on QA best practices and developing automated test cases.
2+ years of experience writing SQL queries and performing database validations and manipulation.
Experienced in applying Scrum and Agile methodologies.
Skilled in automation testing using Selenium or Playwright for .NET.
Experienced with .NET test automation frameworks such as NUnit and xUnit.
Competent in both manual and automated testing of REST, SOAP, and JSON APIs using tools like Postman, SoapUI, and automation libraries such as Rest Assured and RestSharp.
Familiar with development tools like Visual Studio IDE, Eclipse, and IntelliJ.
Experienced in utilizing Microsoft Azure DevOps for Test Plans, Repos, and Pipelines, including the integration of test automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines.
Adept at conducting performance testing for APIs, backend systems, and user interfaces.

Responsibilities

Lead software and product testing initiatives for the Corporate Systems team with minimal supervision.
Collaborate with the team to determine and establish quality assurance processes and testing strategies for designated products.
Guide other Quality Assurance Engineers in implementing and executing testing best practices and mentor them in developing automated test scripts.
Ensure all Quality Assurance and testing activities are performed throughout the project lifecycle and verify the results of these activities.
Engage in requirements and design meetings to estimate testing efforts and formulate test plans.
Develop detailed test plans by collaborating with project team members, including product owners, analysts, and the development team.
Analyze and translate project documentation, release notes, and other documentation into comprehensive test scenarios.
Develop test cases, test sets, and test scripts to validate business functionalities effectively.
Manage test cases and procedures using Azure DevOps and other relevant tools.
Design, develop, and execute automated tests utilizing various test automation frameworks.
Create test data as needed to prepare for manual testing.
Execute manual and automated test scripts and validate results for project accuracy.
Facilitate defect tracking, problem identification, and resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
Present testing results for review to support go/no-go decisions.
Operate in an agile environment with frequent and rapid code releases to production.