Senior Software Engineer - Pharmacy Core Platform (Information Technology)
Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service. Publix's Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.
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 Pharmacy Core Platform team! As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for administering various application servers, installing applications, working with developers to research and troubleshoot issues, automating tasks via programs and scripts, and performance tuning of applications. You will work closely with our vendors, our team's product owners as well as other pharmacy team product owners to ensure pharmacy applications are performing optimally in our host environments.
Responsibilities:
- Drive middleware administration through multiple complex projects from design through implementation
- Understand multiple technologies and how they are used to enable large scale systems to interact with other large-scale systems
- Performing in-depth analysis on all Pharmacy team systems to identify performance optimizations and other areas for improvement
- Implementing best practices for administration of pharmacy application technology and infrastructure, conveying best practices
- Participating in long term solutions for scalability, security, and performance of pharmacy technology and infrastructure
- Drive problem determination and resolution on highly complex problems
- Adapt to a rapidly changing environment, willing to learn new processes and/or technologies quickly
- This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence for 8 full days each month
- Take part in the team's weekly 24/7 on call rotation
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- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 4+ years of experience administering Oracle WebLogic, Wildfly and/or JBoss servers
- 4+ years of experience administering web servers
- 4+ years of experience configuring web server proxies and their connectivity to application servers
- 4+ years of experience in UNIX environments with tools and core utilities including shell scripting
- Experience with Ansible scripting and CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience developing Kafka producers and consumers, with expertise in managing topics and partitions
- Experience in Oracle database management and SQL scripting, with a strong track record of building scalable, high-performance data solutions
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 7+ years of experience administering Oracle WebLogic, Apache, and Wildfly servers Experience with Java development
- Experience with Azure, Azure AD and automated deployment
- Experience using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
- Experience administering Spring Boot applications
- Additional tools/technology experience: Splunk, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
- Experience promoting collaboration and teamwork across enterprise, leading by example, and contributing to the productivity and morale of the team
- Continued education and certifications in various technical disciplines
- Solid understanding of the functional and operational practices necessary to operate in a highly available, secure, and regulated environment to meet business, security, and compliance requirements
- 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)
