Associate Technical Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION

Associate Technical Lead

The Big Picture

Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 56th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.

Sysco employs over 75,000 associates, has 337 smart distribution facilities worldwide, and over 14,000 IoT-enabled trucks serving 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2025 that ended June 29, 2025, the company generated sales of more than $81.4 billion.

Sysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations. Everything we do at Sysco LABS supports Sysco’s Purpose of “Connecting the world to share food and care for one another” , and our work directly impacts millions of food consumers in a trillion-dollar, global industry.

For more information visit: www.syscolabs.lk

The Opportunity

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

Responsibilities

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The designing and development of enterprise solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations involved in the marketing and distribution of food products

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Implementing distributed and highly robust enterprise applications that scale for enterprise demands

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Architecting and implementing scalable software solutions and documenting design decisions

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Carrying out detail technical designing of software solutions

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Scoping and breaking down user stories into clear and achievable technical tasks

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Implementating technical designs including coding, calling existing services, creating new components, etc.

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Ensuring a high standard of engineering quality through code reviews, unit tests, and analytics

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Ensuring engineering principles and related processes have been adhered to

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Providing constructive feedback to team members via code reviews and architectural reviews

Requirements

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A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

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4+ years of experience developing production enterprise applications and managing teams

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Extensive, full-stack experience with web-based technologies and architectures such as RESTful APIs, microservices, HTML5, Java, Spring, JavaScript/ES6, Node.js, React, React Native

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An in-depth understanding of the technology stack, e.g.: HTTP, browser/JS engine architecture, relational and NoSQL databases, Linux, containers/virtual machines

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Experience in architecting, designing, and implementing highly available, scalable web applications

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Familiarity with a variety of software patterns and principles

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Database skills - the ability to understand the use cases for relational and non-relational data, such as implemented code against several different database platforms: RDBMS, NoSQL, and shared storage

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Experience with DevOps practices and working with Cloud IaaS or PaaS providers such as AWS and Azure

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Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

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A proficient understanding of agile processes, CI/CD, and code versioning tools, such as Git

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The ability to quickly learn new and existing technologies

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Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, communication skills, and the ability to exercise mature judgment

Benefits

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Performance-based annual bonus

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Performance rewards and recognition

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Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes

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Paid birthday leave

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Team engagement allowance

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Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws

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Hybrid work arrangement

Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer