Senior Software Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Software Engineer  

The Big Picture 

Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 55th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.  

Sysco operates 333 distribution centers across 10 countries, with 75,000 colleagues serving approximately 670,000 customer locations, including restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, entertainment venues and more. For fiscal year 2026, which ended June 27, 2026, the company generated sales of more than $84 billion.  

Sysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations.  

Sysco LABS’ enterprise technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling 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 and the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer. 

The Opportunity 

We are currently on the lookout for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. 

Responsibilities: 

• The designing and development of 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 

• Extensive experience with web-based technologies and architectures such as RESTful APIs, microservices, HTML5, Java, Spring, JavaScript/ES6, ReactJs 

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

• Familiarity of working with streaming data will be an advantage (using tools such as Kafka, Flink, Apache Beam, etc.)  

• Experience with modern AI development frameworks, model APIs, and related technologies.  hands-on experience with LLMs, generative AI, agentic AI systems 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

• Familiarity with working in a Scrum Agile delivery environment 

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and prior experience working with Cloud IaaS or PaaS providers such as GCP and AWS 

• Familiarity with Quality Engineering process and practices 

Benefits:  

• Performance-based annual bonus  

• Performance rewards and recognition 

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

• Paid birthday leave  

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

• Hybrid work arrangement  

Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.