THE BIG PICTURE
Sysco LABS is the captive innovation arm of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco is a Fortune 500 company and the global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare, and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 76,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2024 that ended July 1, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $78.8 billion.
Operating with the agility and tenacity of a tech–startup, powered by the expertise of the industry leader, Sysco LABS is perfectly poised to transform one of the world’s largest industries.
Sysco LABS’s engineering teams based out of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Austin and Houston, TX, innovate across the entire food service journey – from the enterprise grade technology that enables Sysco’s business, to the technology that revolutionizes the way that Sysco connects with restaurants and the technology that shapes the way those restaurants connect with customers.
Sysco LABS technology is present in the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network, the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer and much more.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are currently on the lookout for a Technical Lead to join our team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge intelligent solutions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Articulating technical decisions and solutions to both onshore and offshore teams
Designing and documenting software solutions
Ensuring engineering principles and related processes are adhered to
Creating project estimates
Mentoring and grooming team members
Providing constructive feedback to team members via code, design, and architectural reviews
Representing the team in onshore-offshore discussions
REQUIREMENTS
A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
4+ years of experience developing production enterprise applications
1+ year of experience providing guidance to a team
Familiarity with software development standards, design patterns and their applications
Full-stack experience with web-based technologies and concepts such as RESTful APIs, microservices, React/ Angular, Node.js, Java, Spring, Python, HTML5
2+ years of experience working in a Cloud environment (Preferably AWS & GCP) including serverless offerings
Experience with container technologies such as Docker
Exposure to DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and source versioning tools
A proficient understanding of agile processes
Experience in Unit testing and related technologies
The ability to quickly learn new and existing technologies
Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, communication skills and the ability to exercise mature judgment
BENEFITS
US dollar-linked compensation
Performance-based annual bonus
Performance rewards and recognition
Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes
Paid birthday leave
Team engagement allowance
Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws
Overseas travel opportunities and exposure to client environments
Hybrid work arrangement
