Technical Lead - 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 a Technical Lead - AS400 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
7+ years 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.
