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 Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack to join our team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Designing and developing 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 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 being 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, and 2 - 4 years of experience developing production enterprise applications, and in managing teams
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience in Restful Web API design
Experience in Python and Java/Spring Boot ecosystem with a good understanding of asynchronous/synchronous programming
Experience in frontend technology such as ReactJS with a good understanding of frontend state management and side-effect handling
Experience in relational or NoSQL database design, querying and performance tuning
Familiarity with working in a Scrum Agile delivery environment
Must possess technical knowledge and skills in test data management
Familiarity with Machine Learning will be an added advantage
Familiarity with DevOps practices and experience working with Cloud IaaS or PaaS providers such as AWS (Lambda, Batch, Event Bridge, ECS, EC2)
Familiarity with Quality Engineering processes and practices (Sonar, Unit Testing, code coverage)
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
