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

About the role

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:  Designing and developing enterprise-grade, mission-critical products and solutions for one of the world’s largest corporations  Producing high quality, high stability code and designs by following software engineering best practices  Working collaboratively in a cross-functional team in an Agile delivery environment  Being a part of the technology leadership in this domain  Being involved in projects throughout their full software lifecycle: from development, QA, and deployment to post-production support  Providing development support for production systems and participating in on-call rotation  Writing technical user stories and ensuring that non-functional requirements are met to ensure performance, scaling, resilience and maintainability of software/solutions  Providing recommendations for continuous improvement    Requirements:  A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science 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 ability 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, techniques and 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 adhere 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 thirst 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.