Sysco LABS Sri Lanka

THE BIG PICTURE

Sysco LABS is the captive innovation center for Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), a Fortune 100 company and the world’s largest foodservice provider with 72,000+ associates, 330+ distribution centers and over 725,000 customers in 90 countries. For fiscal 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, Sysco generated over $76 billion in sales.

Sysco LABS powers Sysco’s farm-to-fork operations and our 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.

Our technology ecosystem spans 600+ applications, monitoring and incident management across 10,000+ servers, multi-cloud – multi-platform event streaming and microservices architecture, and enterprise-grade systems that power a catalog of over 1.4 million products, 330+ distribution centers and a fleet of 14,000 IoT-enabled delivery trucks, and more.

Everything we do at Sysco LABS supports Sysco’s Purpose of ‘Connecting the world to share food and care for one another’, and our technology directly impacts millions of food consumers in a trillion-dollar, global industry.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re on the lookout for a strong quality engineering practitioner with experience leading multiple teams and driving the enhancement of QE practices and processes. The ideal candidate would be a leader who’s able to guide and mentor while uplifting the organization’s overall QE efforts.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Providing overall quality engineering leadership to multiple engineering teams
Playing a key role in evangelizing the quality engineering philosophy of the organization
Working collaboratively with engineering teams to enable quality from project kickoff onwards
Providing guidance and recommendations to teams on test strategy formulation
Overseeing quality engineering standards and best practices within multiple teams
Providing technical guidance in test automation while improving productivity in testing
Overlooking and managing test execution and communicating test statuses & matrices to stakeholders
Mentoring, training and leading a team of Quality Engineers

REQUIREMENTS

A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification and 9+ years of industry experience
A minimum of 1.5 years of experience in a Senior Quality Engineering Lead position with people management skills
Strong knowledge of quality engineering practices and processes
Experience in Test Pyramid adherence and shift left testing methodologies
Strong knowledge of agile software testing, practices, test design techniques and test reporting
Experience working with agile/scrum and strong knowledge of software engineering concepts
Experience in solving software test automation challenges in a pragmatic approach
Experience in building web and mobile test automation frameworks using open-source tools such as Selenium and Appium
Experience in testing middle tier and service-oriented architectures using tools such as Rest-Assured or SoapUI
Sound knowledge of Java, OOP concepts, coding standards and improving code quality
Experience in working with continuous integration, build and source control tools such as Jenkins, Maven and GIT
Excellent communication, presentation, leadership and negotiation skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Professional certifications such as ISTQB, PMI-ACP or CSM (Certified Scrum Master) would be an added advantage
A thirst for learning and regularly updating knowledge

WHAT AWAITS YOU AT SYSCO LABS

An attractive base compensation package comfortably above market rates
Performance rewards and recognition
Comprehensive healthcare coverage
A health and wellness allowance
A team outing allowance
Paid birthday leave
Learning and development allowance
Overseas travel opportunities and exposure to client environments
A progressive culture that promotes work-life harmony and personal development

Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.