Apply for the Senior Software Engineer – PETS Development job opening.Senior Software Engineer – PETS Development

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 35919BR
Department: Publix Technology
Working Hours: min 45 hours per week
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Date Posted: Jan 21, 2026

$112 - 168k

Hybrid

Full Time - Regular

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Description

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.

The Publix Technology Settlement Team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to be part of an agile team developing modern applications using various methods, tools, and technologies. You will be responsible for playing a key role interacting with enterprise teams and product management. As a technologist, you will write user stories and groom product backlog items to develop features that consider a frictionless user experience while leading the delivery of lasting contributions to Publix corporate associates.

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.

Your Impact

• Designing, coding, testing, and deploying advanced technical solutions under limited guidance
• Providing hands-on technical support for complex systems (applications, cloud platforms, security tools, hardware, middleware, and networking)
• Performing on-call duties as required by the team to ensure 3rd tier support coverage for technologies within assigned discipline
• Serving as a point of contact for highly complex technical system issues
• Leading implementation and coordination of integrated technology solutions
• Ensuring adherence to security standards and best practices
• Conducting proactive maintenance of large-scale systems and infrastructure
• Planning and estimating technical tasks for self and team members

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years working with Microsoft SQL Server.
• 5+ years of coding experience leveraging .NET Framework 4.72+/.NET Core 6+ with C#, ASP.NET MVC, JS/jQuery, and object-oriented design.
• 5+ years of experience in analyzing complex 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.
• Leadership experience in driving the work of a team of individuals performing similar work in an agile scrum environment as a subject matter expert, product owner, business analyst, or similar position.
• Experience planning and managing all activities associated with delivering solutions in a large-scale distributed internet facing environment coordinating with business and technical teams.
• Experience working closely with IT management on project and resource planning, including effort estimation.
• Strong knowledge of architecture and design of solutions in an Azure environment to solve business problems.

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Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 7+ years of experience working in an agile scrum environment, leading developers, and working closely with business partners.
• 7+ years of experience you have in implementing enterprise applications using platform services like Azure App service, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, Databricks, notification hubs, event hubs, Microservices, stream analytics, Cosmos DB, Redis Cache, OpenAPI, IoT Hub, application insights, etc.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification (AZ-303/AZ-304) or equivalent experience in designing/architecting Azure solutions
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in either Azure DevOps or other similar tools.
• Data store technologies such as SQL Server 2019/2022, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, and Redis Cache
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC/Telerik Reporting
• Experience with Power BI
• Experience with Windows Server 2019
• Experience with Active Directory permissions and Group Policy
• Experience with event-based messaging platforms like Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Stream Analytics, or MQTT
• Experience working in an EFT environment.

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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.

***Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.***

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