Sr. Quality Assurance Automation Engineer – POS Modernization at Publix Super Markets, Inc. in Lakeland, Florida

Job Description:

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

 

Welcome to Publix Technology, the award-winning technical group for Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the nation. Our technology teams of 2100+ associates provide innovative, modern solutions to nearly 1400 retail stores and 200,000+ internal team members across 8 states. We offer positions at all levels – summer internships, individual contributor roles, to technical leadership across a broad range of technical disciplines. So, whether you are interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure – we have a career path for you! See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a constant on Fortune Magazine’s Best Companies to Work list. 

Join the Point-of-Sale Modernization team! As a Sr. Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, you will work on a highly complex, cross-platform effort with varying technology solutions (infrastructure, software, middleware, etc). This candidate will work closely with the project team and testers to ensure quality assurance activities are planned, executed, and the results are reported. In addition, the position will be responsible for the creation of automated test cases using industry-standard programming languages.  

Responsibilities 

• Performs analysis and development of automated test cases using industry-standard   programming languages. 


• Reviews project requirements, high-level system designs, and user stories 


• Derives test strategies and test plans to effectively test the solution. 


• Provides testing leadership to the project teams to execute the test plan. 


• Creates testing documentation to finalize testing cycles. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience 


• 4+ years of experience working in a software application development life cycle environment. 


• 2+ years of creating automation test strategies and general experience writing automation scripts using industry-standard programming languages. 


• 4+ years of experience working in a Windows environment to test applications, and interfaces. 


• 4+ years of experience developing testing software frameworks and developing test scripts using industry-standard programming languages like Typescript (Angular), Python, and Java


• 4+ years of experience working with C#.


• 2+ years of experience writing and executing manual and automated test cases for feature sets on various applications including websites and mobile apps using Azure DevOps, ALM, Jira, etc. 


• 2+ years of experience with backend ETL (extract, transform, load) test automation.

• Advanced SQL query skills to write and execute queries to review/validate test results. 


• Ability to use tracking tools for managing identified bugs and defects like ALM, Azure DevOps 


• Experience with automation testing using Selenium, Playwright for .NET. 


• Experience in developing and using automated testing frameworks. 


• Experience with .NET test automation frameworks like NUnit, xUnit 


• Experience in manual and automated testing of REST/SOAP/JSON API using Postman, SoapUI, and Rest API automation libraries like Rest Assured, Restsharp, etc. 


• Experience in using tools like Visual Studio IDE, Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc. 


• Experience in using Microsoft Azure Dev Ops Test plans, Repos, and Pipelines and integrating test automation frameworks into CI/CD pipeline. 


• Experience in Azure Databricks test automation using C#, NUnit, and Notebooks 


• Experience in using DevOps tools like Docker, GIT, Jenkins, and developing test automation frameworks for Azure cloud deployments. 

• 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)