Senior Automation QA Engineer - Retail Fresh
Role summary
Publix is seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer for its Retail Fresh Delivery team. This role involves planning and executing testing for enterprise-level applications, translating requirements into test scenarios, and developing/executing automated and manual tests for regression, load, and performance. The engineer will also coordinate with development teams on comprehensive test plans and execution. The position offers hybrid flexibility, focusing on operational efficiency and AI innovation. Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 4+ years in software testing, 4+ years with automation tools like Playwright/Selenium, 2+ years in automation framework design using languages like Java/Python/.NET, 2+ years SQL experience, and 2+ years testing APIs, web/mobile front ends, and CI/CD tools.
Description
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 200,000+ 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.
Join the Retail Fresh Delivery team as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer where you will be responsible for planning testing efforts and executing on small to large enterprise level applications by translating functional requirements, project documentation, release notes into test requirements and scenarios. Additional responsibilities include developing and executing automated and manual test cases for regression, load, and performance testing, and coordinating with development teams for creating comprehensive test plans and execution. Location: Flexible Hybrid (Lakeland, FL) Work Model:
Enjoy the best of both worlds—collaborate in person and innovate remotely.
Why Join Us?
- Hybrid Flexibility: Work remotely when you need to 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
- Derive test strategies and test plans to effectively test the solution
- Provide testing leadership to the project teams to execute the test plan
- Developing and executing automated and manual test cases
- Analyzing results and reporting defects
- Integration, system, user acceptance, regression, load, and performance testing
- Coordinating with development teams to plan testing efforts and oversee testing execution on small to large enterprise level applications by translating functional requirements, project documentation, User story acceptance criteria and release notes into test requirements and scenarios
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of software testing and quality assurance experience
- 4+ years of experience with automation tools such as Playwright or Selenium to create and execute test cases, track defects, and perform requirements of coverage.
- 2+ years designing automation test strategies and frameworks with industry standard programming languages and frameworks such as Java, C#, Python, Typescript, or .NET
- 2+ years of experience in writing SQL queries on RDBMS platforms like SQL Server, etc.
- 2+ years of experience testing APIs, batch jobs, web-based and mobile front ends.
- 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining automated tests using UI and/or API based test frameworks, development environments, and CI/CD tools.
- 2+ years of experience testing Microsoft Azure tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Data Lake
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in leading a team of SQA Analysts to plan, develop and execute testing to help deliver large enterprise solutions.
- 3-4 years of experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience with Test automation framework, such as:
- Selenium / Appium
- Postman / Newman
- Gherkin / SpecFlow or Cucumber
- RestSharp
- Experience with Quality Center and Microsoft Test Manager
Benefits Information
- 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: https://jobs.publix.com/benefits/
Year End Bonus
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.
Additional Information
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.
- Please note that Publix will not sponsor any hire for this position for a visa or permanent residence\*\*\*\*\*Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.\*\*\*