Software Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer/ Associate Technical Lead/ Technical Lead - AS400

JOB DESCRIPTION SE/ SSE/ ATL/ TL - AS400

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 Software Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer/ Associate Technical Lead/ Technical Lead - AS400 candidates to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Design ing and develop ing enterprise-grade, mission-critical products and solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations

• Produc ing high quality, high stability code and designs by following software engineering best practices

• Work ing collaboratively in a cross - functional team in an Agile delivery environment

• Be ing a part of the technology leadership in this domain

• Be ing involved in projects throughout their full software lifecycle: from development, QA, and deployment to post-production support

• Provid ing development support for production systems and participa ting in on-call rotation

• Writ ing technical user stories and ensur ing that non-functional requirements are met to ensure performance, scaling, resilience and maintainability of software/solutions

• Provid ing recommendations for continuous improvement

Requirements:

• A B achelor’s D egree in C omputer S cience or equivalent

• 2+ years (SE level), 4+ years (SSE Level), 6+ years (ATL level), 7+ years (TL level) of experience in AS400/RPG (RPG III, RPG 4, RPG ILE/CLLE/RLU/DDS/DB2/SQL)

• Strong knowledge in AS400/IBM i OS commands and APIs

• The a bility to understand and optimize RPG/CL code

• Strong knowledge in SQL query optimization and stored procedures

• Experience in B2B and EDI will be an added advantage

• Experience with ALDON will be an added advantage

• A strong programming and software engineering background

• Knowledge in fundamental web-based technologies, protocols, te chniques a nd popular open-source libraries: HTTP, RESTful web services, HTML5, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, Java etc.

• Working proficiency with a RDBMS technology like SQL

• Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing and troubleshooting production systems

• Exposure as a technology leader will be an added advantage

• The ability to a dhere to engineering standards, best practices ; must be process - oriented

• Strong communication skills – reading & comprehending documents/specifications, producing clear and thorough documentation , and ability to discuss and explain technical issues during meetings

• Experience developing in an agile environment as part of a scrum team

• A t hirst for learning and regularly updating knowledge

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.