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Sysco ranks 55th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.\nSysco 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.\nSysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations.\nSysco 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.\nRole Overview\nThe Software Engineer independently delivers well-engineered code using established best practices, with the ability and willingness to pick up new languages, frameworks, and tools as the team's needs evolve. This is a foundational hands-on engineering role - building features, writing tests, managing version control, contributing to cloud/DevOps tasks with guidance, and using AI-assisted tools responsibly to support day-to-day development work.\nKey Responsibilities\nTechnical Work\nApply OOP/SOLID principles, design patterns, and common data structures & algorithms with minimal supervision. \nApply basic concurrency/parallel programming concepts under supervision, and foundational secure programming concepts. \nLearn new languages, libraries, and frameworks as needed; build a good understanding of the SaaS/PaaS solutions the team relies on. \nUse foundational design patterns and reference architectures, seeking senior support as needed; interpret functional and non-functional requirements to complete tasks with minimal rework. \nUse Sysco-approved AI coding assistants for code generation, debugging, and refactoring, always validating AI-generated output before committing; understand foundational AI integration patterns and contribute to related implementations. \nDelivery, Quality & Operations\nManage code branches and versioned components comfortably; operate independently within the team's chosen project management methodology. \nImplement code quality best practices and adjust existing code to meet standards without breaking functionality; write effective unit tests and understand the goals of integration and end-to-end testing. \nConduct root cause analysis and resolve straightforward production issues independently; navigate approved monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog, AWS CloudWatch) to monitor applications, including AI-integrated components. \nContribute to foundational DevOps tasks (CI/CD, configuration/secret management, infrastructure) and cloud implementations/PoCs (AWS/GCP/Azure) with guidance; stay aware of approved vulnerability detection tooling and cloud AI service usage guidelines. \nUse AI tools to assist in writing tests and flagging code quality issues, validating AI-generated output for correctness and coverage. \nPeople & Stakeholder Management\nCommunicate clearly and constructively, verbally and in writing; actively participate in project meetings and sprint ceremonies. \nEstimate assigned tasks accurately and participate in team-level estimation/planning; stay aware of what teammates are working on and step up to support when advised by seniors. \nActively contribute to brainstorming sessions and research answers to technical questions independently; stay current on industry and AI trends through discussions and forums. \nUse AI assistance responsibly for written communication and documentation; proactively explore how AI tools can improve personal productivity and share learnings with the team. \nRequirements\nTechnical Skills\nSolid grounding in OOP/SOLID principles, design patterns, and data structures & algorithms. \nWorking knowledge of foundational secure programming and data privacy concepts. \nComfortable with version control, branching strategies, and CI/CD basics. \nFamiliarity with at least one cloud platform (AWS/GCP/Azure) and willingness to contribute to cloud/DevOps tasks with guidance. \nExperience using AI coding assistants for development tasks, with the judgment to validate AI-generated output before use. \nLeadership & Soft Skills\nStrong verbal and written communication; 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