Publix Pharmacy · 1 month ago
Lead Software Engineer - AI Delivery 2
Lakeland, FL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expPublix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., powered by a dynamic technology team. The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered solutions that serve both associates and customers.
Retail
Responsibilities
Develop high quality, maintainable code and contribute to internal frameworks that accelerate AI delivery
Implement and optimize data pipelines in Databricks and Azure to operationalize data for AI solutions
Utilize modern development methodologies with a cloud first approach, incorporating CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps
Create and maintain robust automated testing and monitoring systems for AI services
Champion experimentation, learning, and innovation across the AI Delivery team while mentoring peers and sharing best practices
Participate in prompt engineering, search optimization, and generative AI model tuning for various use cases
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Business, or other analytical disciplines or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in application design, development, and delivery in an enterprise environment
5+ years of hands-on experience working with modern programming languages, specifically C#, Python, and TypeScript, demonstrating the ability to produce clean, maintainable, and high-performance code
5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, demonstrating deep practical expertise in core services such as Azure Functions, App Service, Storage, SQL Database, Azure OpenAI, and Front Door
5+ years of solid experience with SQL, database design, and the use of ORM frameworks (such as Dapper or Entity Framework) to develop efficient and scalable data access layers
Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems
Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a focus on delivering high quality code
Preferred
Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams on cloud native or AI/ML projects
Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or Blazor) integrated with backend APIs
Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns
Experience building or integrating with observability and monitoring stacks (Application Insights, Dynatrace, or OpenTelemetry)
Background with CI/CD automation, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code practices
Strong understanding of MLOps, model deployment, and performance optimization workflows in Azure or Databricks
Benefits
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
Company
Publix Pharmacy
Publix proudly launched its first pharmacy in 1986. Today, we have expanded to over 1,300 locations, opening up to 40 new ones annually.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase