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 an Associate Technical Lead to join us and work with our teams across the company.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The design and development of enterprise solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations
- Implementing distributed and highly available enterprise applications that scale for enterprise demands
- Adhering to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery of solutions
- Ensuring a high code quality by following software engineering best practices
- Working collaboratively in a cross-functional team in an Agile delivery environment
- Adhering to DevOps principles and be involved in projects throughout their full software lifecycle: from development, QA, and deployment, to post-production support
REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with 4+ years of experience developing production grade enterprise applications
- Extensive experience with the Java/Spring-Boot stack, along with hands-on knowledge on RESTful APIs, microservices, performance optimizations, enterprise integration principles and modern deployment strategies (containerization principles)
- An in-depth understanding of relational databases, schema design and SQL optimization; knowledge of NoSQL databases would be an added advantage
- Familiarity with Linux based systems, DevOps practices and prior experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Familiarity with data streaming concepts and related toolsets (Kafka)
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work well with a team and lead/groom junior members as required (in an informal capacity)
- A decent knowledge of front-end development (React/Redux stack) will be advantageous, in addition to an openness to learning front end skills quickly and contributing towards the team’s cause
- Familiarity with working in a Scrum Agile delivery environment
- Familiarity with Quality Engineering processes and practices
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
