Associate Technical Lead - Data Engineering
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
Responsibilities:
Designing and developing data solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations involved in the marketing and distribution of food products
Implementing distributed and highly available data processing 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 4+ years of experience in developing enterprise grade data processing applications
A strong programming background in data ops (Python, Shell, SQL)
Experience in working with streaming data (Kafka)
Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services including Redshift, RDS (PostgreSQL), DMS, Lambda, EC2 and S3
Experience in processing large volumes of data
Hands-on experience in working with relational/NoSQL databases and distributed storage engines (HDFS, S3, Redshift)
Hands-on experience in ETL design and development using ETL tools (Preferably Informatica and cloud tools such as AWS Data Pipelines, Glue, Lambda, EMR, Spark, Hive)
Experience in API development and user interfaces and related tools (NodeJS, AngularJS, HTML) will be an added advantage
Working in a Scrum Agile delivery environment and DevOps practices
Experience in code management and CICD tools such as Github, Gitlab, Jenkins
Experience in an agile environment and aligning Pod members on technical vision and path to implementation
A strong desire to continue to grow your skillset
Strong communication skills that are influential and convincing
Benefits:
US dollar-linked compensation
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
Sysco focuses on distribution of food products to restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality businesses.
