Sr Quality Assurance Engineer - Finance Systems (Hybrid)
About The Position
Publix is hiring a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for the Vendor Funding Accounting team within its Finance Systems organization. The role will define and drive testing strategy for a multi-year enterprise platform replacing a critical legacy finance solution. The engineer will partner with software engineers, business analysts, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to help deliver a high-quality, scalable, reliable solution supporting vendor funding and accounting processes. This senior-level role leads quality efforts across multiple workstreams, establishes automation standards, mentors QA resources, influences project direction, and communicates quality risks, testing progress, and release readiness. The position is hybrid and based in Lakeland, Florida; candidates must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate. Candidates advancing in the interview process must participate in at least one onsite interview at the Lakeland campus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related analytical field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of software testing and quality assurance experience.
- At least 3 years developing and executing automated testing solutions for front-end, back-end, and APIs.
- At least 3 years using SQL to create and execute complex queries for test validation and data analysis.
- At least 2 years creating test strategies, test plans, and automation approaches for enterprise applications.
- At least 2 years of hands-on test automation experience using Playwright or other test automation tools.
- At least 1 year providing technical leadership to Quality Assurance Engineers, including mentoring, test strategy development, and establishing testing best practices.
- Experience testing APIs, integrations, ETL processes, and data-intensive applications.
- Experience with Azure DevOps for test management, defect tracking, and release support.
- Experience leading testing efforts on complex projects involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Experience working in Agile product teams and supporting continuous delivery environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience testing financial, accounting, ERP, or enterprise business applications.
- Experience validating financial calculations, ledger postings, accruals, rebates, incentives, or settlement processes.
- Experience testing container-based applications.
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience testing microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or large-scale data platforms.
- Experience implementing test automation frameworks from the ground up.
- Experience performing data reconciliation testing between legacy and modernized platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead quality assurance activities across the vendor funding product portfolio and modernization roadmap.
- Define test strategies, test plans, test data requirements, and quality metrics for complex initiatives.
- Design and implement scalable automated testing solutions using Playwright with Python or C#.
- Establish and maintain automation standards, frameworks, and CI/CD testing practices.
- Use AI-assisted engineering and testing tools to accelerate test design, automation development, defect analysis, and quality validation.
- Evaluate and promote AI-enabled quality engineering practices to improve test coverage, delivery velocity, and product quality.
- Lead functional, integration, regression, API, data validation, and end-to-end testing efforts.
- Validate financial calculations, accounting processes, data transformations, and reporting accuracy.
- Use SQL to analyze and validate large datasets across systems and environments.
- Partner with developers and business analysts to identify testing risks, gaps, and dependencies early in the delivery lifecycle.
- Facilitate defect triage, root cause analysis, and release readiness reviews.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to other Quality Assurance Engineers.
- Develop and communicate quality metrics, test coverage metrics, defect trends, and release recommendations to project leadership.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to enhance testing practices, automation capabilities, and product quality across the team.
- Create and manage Azure DevOps test plans.
Benefits
- Hybrid flexibility, with remote work for focus time and onsite collaboration.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
