Technical Lead - Android 

The Big Picture 

Sysco LABS is the captive innovation arm of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco is a Fortune 500 company and the global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare, and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 76,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2024 that ended July 1, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $78.8 billion. 

Operating with the agility and tenacity of a tech–startup, powered by the expertise of the industry leader, Sysco LABS is perfectly poised to transform one of the world’s largest industries. 

Sysco LABS’s engineering teams based out of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Austin and Houston, TX, innovate across the entire food service journey – from the enterprise grade technology that enables Sysco’s business, to the technology that revolutionizes the way that Sysco connects with restaurants and the technology that shapes the way those restaurants connect with customers. 

Sysco LABS technology is present in 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, the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer and much more. 

The Opportunity 

We are currently on the lookout for a Technical Lead – Android to join our team. 

Responsibilities: 

• Working on apps that revolutionize customer interaction at Sysco 

• Being responsible for driving the development process from conception to release in a cross functional team in an Agile delivery environment 

• Starting at the ground level and develop the future of Sysco’s customer experience 

Requirements: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related, or equivalent work experience  

• 8 years of experience in custom software development with 6 years developing native Android   

• A passion for Android and a commitment to building award-winning apps 

• Experience architecting Android applications utilizing industry trends and best practices  

• Proficiency in Kotlin, RxJava, Coroutines and Jetpack Compose 

• Preferred experience with FRP (Functional Reactive Programming)  

• Familiarity with publishing apps to Google Play  

• A commitment to growing and mentoring junior team members  

• A passion for building consumer facing applications with elegant and clean interfaces  

• Knowledge of Node.js, GraphQL and Apollo is an added advantage  

• A kind and generous attitude towards customers and coworkers alike  

• A passion for code-quality and expertise in usability, and mobile standards  

• Experience using SQL (like PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) and NoSQL (like MongoDB, Couchbase, Postgress, Redis, etc.) databases   

• 4 years of experience with Agile and Test-Driven Development (TDD)  

• 4 years of experience utilizing Continuous Integration (CI) servers (like Jenkins or similar) for build and process automation (CD)  

Benefits: 

• US dollar-linked compensation  

• Performance-based annual bonus  

• Performance rewards and recognition  

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

• Entertainment allowance  

• 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