Lead Platform Engineer – Pharmacy Cloud & Automation

Publix Super Markets; Lakeland (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Publix Super Markets, Inc. in Lakeland, FL, seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the Pharmacy Core Platform team.

You will lead platform modernization, automation, and operational excellence across EnterpriseRx, Middleware, Cloud, and DevOps, partnering with architecture and engineering to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive technical best practices, and advance cloud readiness, resiliency, automation, and platform modernization strategy within a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related analytical field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, middleware administration, or related experience.
• 5+ years of experience administering Oracle WebLogic, WildFly, 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 DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar technologies.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skill.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, modernization, and operational support of EnterpriseRx and related Pharmacy platform solutions.
• 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 DevOps, 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.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Architecture design

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Cross-team collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Oracle WebLogic

WildFly/JBoss

Apache web server

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Kafka

Microsoft Azure

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

Publix Super Markets, Inc. in Lakeland, FL, seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the Pharmacy Core Platform team.

You will lead platform modernization, automation, and operational excellence across EnterpriseRx, Middleware, Cloud, and DevOps, partnering with architecture and engineering to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive technical best practices, and advance cloud readiness, resiliency, automation, and platform modernization strategy within a fast-growing