Sysco LABS Sri Lanka

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 Software Architect - (Frontend – ReactJS) to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Defining and governing architectural standards for web front-end applications
Conducting code reviews, providing architectural guidance to front-end engineering teams
Driving improvements in code reuse, modularity, and maintainability
Gradually converting monolithic ReactJS web applications into a micro-frontend architecture
Proposing plans/roadmaps for incremental improvement of application performance, developer productivity and the technology stack
Improving the development processes, cloud and CI/CD setup for our web applications
Building strong relationships across the Sysco hierarchy and mentoring US and SL based team members

REQUIREMENTS

A first degree in Computer Science or IT from a recognized foreign or local university; a relevant master’s degree will be an added qualification
A minimum of ten years of work experience with at least 5 years in a senior technical role.
Expertise in building and maintaining Single-Page Web Applications for large groups of contributing developers
Expertise in Web technologies such as React JS, Redux, NodeJS and NextJS and Web Components
Experience working with Server-Side Rendering, Micro-Frontends and Search Engine Optimization can be an added advantage
Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly propose and articulate architecture and technology decisions

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