Associate Technical Lead - Sysco LABS Colombo

About the job

Associate Technical Lead - .NET

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 72,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 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.

We are currently on the lookout for Associate Technical Leads to join our team.

The Role:

-The design and development of enterprise solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations
-Implement distributed and highly available enterprise applications that scale for enterprise demands.
-Adhere to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery of solutions.
-Ensure high code quality by following software engineering best practices.
-Work collaboratively in a cross functional team in an Agile delivery environment.
-Adhere to DevOps principles and be involved in projects throughout their full software lifecycle: from development, QA, and deployment, to post-production support.

The Profile:

-A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, and 5+ years of experience in developing enterprise applications.
-Extensive experience with the .NET/.NET Core stack and C# as a language, along with hands-on knowledge on RESTful APIs, microservices, performance optimizations, enterprise integration principles and modern deployment strategies (containerization principles).
-In-depth understanding of relational databases, schema design and SQL optimization, along with sufficient knowledge on NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
-Exposure to Azure DevOps features (Git based version controlling, deployment pipelines, documentation) will work in favor of the candidate
-Hands on experience in front-end development with React/Redux will be an added advantage
-Experience with standard industrial best practices on unit, integration and performance testing is required. Knowledge on using Cypress as a testing framework will be beneficial
-Previous exposure to working with the Optimizely CMS (Episerver) software platform will be beneficial
-Excellent communication skills are required, preferably with experience working in a multi-cultural environment
-Familiarity with working in a Scrum Agile delivery environment and standard Quality Engineering processes & practices are expected

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

Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.