Lead Software Engineer - Pharmacy Core Platform

Lead Software Engineer
- Pharmacy Core Platform | Publix Super Markets, Inc.

We're hiring a Lead Software Engineer for our Pharmacy Core Platform team. In this role, you'll lead platform modernization, automation, and operational excellence initiatives supporting critical Pharmacy technologies, including Enterprise Rx, Middleware, Cloud, and Dev Ops platforms. You'll partner with engineering, architecture, and wider technology teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions while mentoring engineers and driving technical best practices.

Your expertise will help advance our cloud readiness, resiliency, automation, and platform modernization strategy.

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

• Lead the architecture, modernization, and operational support of Enterprise Rx and related Pharmacy platform solutions, focusing on reliability, resiliency, security, scalability, and performance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring through architecture reviews, solution design, engineering standards, and best practices.
• Lead middleware administration, platform engineering, and modernization initiatives across Pharmacy systems.
• Design, implement, and support highly available middleware, integration, and application hosting platforms.
• Drive adoption of Dev Ops, automation, cloud-first practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions.
• Analyze Pharmacy systems to identify opportunities for performance optimization, scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Lead technical design discussions and collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, development, and business teams to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Contribute to long-term platform strategies focused on modernization, cloud readiness, automation, and resiliency.
• Lead resolution of highly complex platforms, middleware, and production issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and engineering standards.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for assigned platforms and automation workflows.
• Participate in the team's 24x7 on-call rotation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related analytical field or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, Dev Ops, middleware administration, or related experience
• 5+ years of experience administering Oracle Web Logic, Wild Fly, and/or JBoss application servers
• 5+ years of experience administering Apache or similar web server technologies
• 5+ years of experience in UNIX/Linux environments, including shell scripting, automation, and troubleshooting
• Experience with Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
• Experience with Kafka administration, producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with Microsoft Azure services, cloud-based solutions, and Dev Ops practices
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar technologies
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skill
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, manage competing priorities, and deliver results
• Strong verbal and…