Apply for the Lead Software Engineer – Shelf Tags job opening.Lead Software Engineer – Shelf Tags

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 34116BR
Department: Publix Technology
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Date Posted: Aug 12, 2025

$132 - 198k

Hybrid

Full Time - Regular

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Description

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

Join Publix Technology – Where Innovation Meets Impact

Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is powered by a dynamic technology team of 2,100+ associates. We deliver modern, cutting-edge solutions to 1,400+ stores and over 200,000 internal team members across 8 states.

Whether you’re passionate about IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure, we offer exciting career paths at every level – from internships to technical leadership.

Be part of a Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For” and help us build more than just great subs – build the future of technology for Publix.

Join the Publix Shelf Tag team as a Lead Software Engineer. This team is responsible for developing and supporting Publix’s Item Management System applications. As part of this team, you will participate in all phases of development lifecycle and contribute to delivering high quality applications for our business areas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of data-oriented solutions involving On-Prem and cloud (Microsoft Azure) technologies as a Python/Databricks Engineer on the Publix’s Item Management System team
• Provide hands-on development for complex Python/Databricks solutions
• Lead development, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of data pipelines and workflows using Databricks
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, design solutions, and implement them using Databricks’ platform
• Optimize and tune Databricks jobs for performance and scalability
• Convert requirements to technical design, develop high-quality solutions, and implement while collaborating with other technical and business teams
• Lead technical team through problem determination and resolution on highly complex problems
• Work in a cross-functional team environment utilizing an agile approach
• Maintain strong analytical, planning, problem solving, writing, and presentation skills
• Facilitate technical knowledge transfers and perform peer code reviews
• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Lead technical discussions and influence architectural decisions across teams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Business, or other analytical disciplines or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in application design, development, and delivery in an enterprise environment
• 5+ years of experience developing large-scale data manipulation processes
• 5+ years of experience developing in .NET/C# and Angular
• 5+ years of experience working with relational databases
• 5+ years of experience implementing large scale enterprise applications
• 5+ years of experience in analyzing complex, enterprise business problems or processes and translating business requirements into technology solutions that factor in system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, scalability, and total cost of ownership
• 2+ years of experience utilizing Databricks for Python
• 2+ years of experience with Azure DevOps for managing project tasks, managing code repositories, and creating YAML pipelines for CI/CD builds and deployments
• 1+ years of experience planning and managing all activities associated with delivering solutions in a large-scale distributed environment
• Proficient in writing complex queries using an ANSI-compliant SQL language against an enterprise relational database management system

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Preferred Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in application design, development, and delivery in an enterprise environment
• 9+ years of experience developing large-scale data manipulation processes
• 4+ years of experience utilizing Databricks for Python
• 7+ years of experience working with relational databases
• 7+ years of experience implementing large scale enterprise applications
• 7+ years of experience in analyzing complex, enterprise business problems or processes and translating business requirements into technology solutions that factor in system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, scalability, and total cost of ownership
• Experience in implementing enterprise applications using platform services like azure App service, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, notification hubs, event hubs, Microservices, stream analytics, Snowflake DB, Redis Cache, OpenAPI, IoT Hub, application insights, etc.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Familiarity with RedShift OpenShift, containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes) in Azure.
• Experience with Design, develop, and maintain scalable data streaming solutions using Apache/Confluent Kafka to enable real-time data processing and integration across distributed systems.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Azure Monitor, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience implementing role-based access control (RBAC) and identity management in Azure.

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Benefits

• 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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Year End Bonus

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

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Additional Information

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

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