Senior Software Engineer - Labor Management Forecasting (Hybrid)

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 260,000+ 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 be seen as the product champion – leading the technical strategy, driving the delivery of a highly available, resilient, and scalable labor management application. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the technical team is meeting business goals.

Location: Hybrid (Lakeland, FL): To support our hybrid work model, candidates must reside, or be willing to relocate, within a commutable distance of Lakeland, FL. Work Model: Enjoy the best of both worlds - collaborate in person and innovate remotely. Interview Process: Candidates selected to advance in the interview process will be required to participate in at least one onsite interview at our Lakeland, FL campus.

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

• Build and enhance Python-based business logic, algorithms, scripts, and data-processing solutions.
• Create and maintain distributed data-processing solutions using Python and PySpark, including scripts and notebooks that support enterprise application and data-processing needs.
• Engineer and enhance scalable backend applications and business-critical services using C# and .NET.
• Implement and integrate REST APIs using C# and .NET to enable communication between application, data, and user-interface components.
• Optimize and maintain SQL queries, relational data solutions, and stored procedures that support application and data-processing requirements.
• Build and refine modern web user interfaces using React.js, connecting frontend components with REST APIs and backend services.
• Partner with product owners, UX partners, architects, and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable enterprise application solutions.
• Shape application architecture, technical approaches, and solution decisions across complex engineering initiatives.
• Drive technical delivery through code reviews, complex problem-solving, and adoption of software engineering standards and best practices.
• Guide and mentor engineers while contributing to Agile/Scrum planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, another analytical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing applications, business logic, or data-processing solutions using Python in an enterprise environment.
• 3+ years of experience working with SQL and relational databases, including query development, optimization, and stored procedures.
• 1+ years of experience designing, developing, and consuming REST APIs using C# and .NET.
• Experience developing modern web user interfaces using React.js, including component-based development and integration with REST APIs.
• Experience contributing to or leading technical delivery within an Agile/Scrum software development environment.
• Experience reviewing application designs and complex technical solutions in collaboration with architects and engineering teams.
• Experience developing distributed data-processing solutions using PySpark or similar frameworks.
• Experience with Azure Databricks, including compute, notebooks, and development and deployment of declarative asset bundles.
• Experience with current versions of .NET, including .NET 10.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar container and orchestration technologies.
• Experience with Azure DevOps Repos and CI/CD pipelines.

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.

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.***