Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Client Systems (Hybrid)

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 and organize testing for hardware and software efforts, including point of sale, desktops, scales, mobile, and Apple technologies
• Collaborate with project teams to understand system requirements
• Own testing activities, including identifying testing scope, creating testing related documentation, and managing testing resources.
• Attend project meetings to gather requirements and set testing timelines
• Review project documentation to identify test scenarios
• Convert requirements into clear test cases
• Document test designs, procedures, and defects
• Oversee test script execution and validating results
• Manage defect tracking and issue resolution throughout the lifecycle

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related analytical field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience leading testing efforts for hardware and software in an infrastructure environment, including Windows, mobile, Apple, applications, and interfaces
• Ability to create test plans, test schedules, and test summaries
• Ability to facilitate defects tracking and problem determination throughout the hardware/software development life cycle
• Ability to manage several large testing efforts simultaneously
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and planning skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with test automation
• Experience with Azure DevOps

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: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)

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.

For this position, Publix does not and will not file a petition or application with the USCIS or Department of State on behalf of any noncitizen for any immigration-related benefit to work and/or to continue to work in the United States, e.g., an H-1B or TN petition or permanent residence.***Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.***