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 71,000+ 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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 the project kickoff onwards
Supporting project deliverables by defining testing strategies
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 and performance testing while improving productivity in testing
Overlooking and managing test execution and communicating test statuses and matrices to stakeholders
Mentoring, training and leading a team of Quality Engineers while supporting the career development of QA personnel and managing performance evaluations
Enhancing QA tools and practices to boost standards and efficiency
REQUIREMENTS
A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification and 9+ years of industry experience
A minimum of 3 years of experience in a Senior Quality Engineering Lead position with people management skills
Strong knowledge of quality engineering practices and processes
Extensive expertise in data science and data engineering projects
Strong knowledge of agile software testing, practices, test design techniques and test reporting
Experience working with agile/scrum and strong knowledge in software engineering concepts
Experience in solving software/ETL test automation challenges in a pragmatic approach
Experience in testing middle tier and service-oriented architectures using tools such as Rest-Assured or SoapUI
Sound knowledge of Python, SQL, 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 desire for continuous learning and knowledge enhancement
BENEFITS
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.
