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 Quality Engineering Lead to join us and work with our teams across the company.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leading efforts in defining test strategies, test planning, execution and reviews
- Improving and maintaining test automation frameworks
- Reviewing and contributing towards the development of automation scripts
- Configuring and maintaining continuous integration
- Overlooking and managing test execution and communicating test statuses to stakeholders
- Mentoring, training, and leading a team of Quality Engineers
REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification, and 6-7+ years of industry experience
- Experience in test automation using open-source tools such as Selenium
- Experience in performance engineering and performance testing tools
- Strong knowledge of software testing processes, practices and test design techniques
- Strong knowledge of Java, OOP concepts and coding standards
- Experience in working with continuous integration, build and source control tools such as Jenkins, Maven and GIT
- Experience in testing middle-tier and service-oriented architectures using tools such as Rest-Assured or SoapUI
- A solid practical understanding of Agile Software Testing and Software Engineering concepts
- Excellent communication, presentation, 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
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
