Sr. Software Engineer - Workday at Sysco

Concord, North Carolina, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Food Service DistributionIndustries

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or 4-5 years of relevant developer experience
  • 5-8 years of experience in developing high performance and highly scalable applications in an agile environment, depending on education
  • Extensive hands-on experience and expertise using modern programming languages and platforms (Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Ruby, Groovy, Salesforce, etc.)
  • 5 years in solution design and development experience building cloud-native applications using open-source frameworks like Spring
  • 3 years of experience building & deploying applications on a cloud platform such as AWS, GCP or Azure
  • 3 years of knowledge and experience with REST API design and implementation, and event driven architecture
  • Understands and implements code quality best practices, and can support others on their team in these practices
  • Develops effective unit tests and implements integration and end-to-end testing
  • Able to support a wide variety of release management processes: planning, scheduling, and controlling software through different phases and environments, including versioning, branching, merging, testing, and deploying software releases
  • Proficiency with DevOps tools and concepts, including continuous integration, continuous deployment/delivery, configuration and containerization, infrastructure as code, and monitoring
  • Possesses skills, experience, and proficiency with Agile practices (e.g. Lean, XP, Scrum, Kanban) and leverages these to improve processes, estimation, etc
  • Strong experience building and deploying applications on a cloud platform such as AWS
  • Researches the answers to questions independently, improves work skills, and identifies key growth areas and topics of interest for the team
  • Directly communicates with key business and technical stakeholders across multiple channels: meetings and discussions, demos and presentations, written communication, etc
  • Works and collaborates effectively within a product team

Responsibilities

  • Leverages strong understanding of business to develop high quality code to meet product/platform requirements
  • Drives and leads adoption of architecture standards and development practices like Test-Driven development, code reviews, static code analysis etc
  • Writes effective technical user stories and ensures that non-functional requirements are met to ensure performance, scaling, resilience and maintainability of software/solutions
  • Actively resolves defects and manages technical debt
  • Develops unit tests to ensure good coverage and regression testing ability
  • Assists in the development of automated tests and environment management scripts
  • Practices DevOps methods like CI/CD, SDLC automation and proactive monitoring/telemetry
  • Participates in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives to enable progress, and surface and resolve impediments
  • Evaluates emerging technologies continually to identify opportunities, trends and best practices to strengthen Sysco’s development practices
  • May play a supervisory role toward junior technical resources as they commit to and deliver work

Skills

Workday
Full Stack
Test-Driven Development
CI/CD
DevOps
Unit Testing
Code Reviews
Static Code Analysis
SDLC Automation
Monitoring
Telemetry
Agile
Sprint Planning

Sysco

Foodservice distribution for restaurants and healthcare

About Sysco

Sysco Corporation specializes in foodservice distribution, primarily serving restaurants, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. The company offers a variety of products and services, including food items, kitchen equipment, and marketing support, tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients. Sysco differentiates itself from competitors by providing comprehensive solutions, such as the "Restaurants Rising Toolkit" during the COVID-19 pandemic, which helps restaurants adapt to new dining trends. The goal of Sysco is to make running a restaurant easier and more profitable for its clients.

Houston, TexasHeadquarters
1970Year Founded
IPOCompany Stage
Food & AgricultureIndustries

Benefits

Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Professional Development Budget
Performance Bonus

Risks

Increased competition from tech-driven solutions could impact Sysco's market share.
Reliance on partnerships for technology advancements may pose risks if results are unmet.
Socially responsible investing trends may pressure Sysco to improve ESG standards.

Differentiation

Sysco offers comprehensive B2B solutions, including food products, equipment, and marketing services.
The company provides flexible payment options and waives delivery minimums for scheduled deliveries.
Sysco's 'Restaurants Rising Toolkit' supports restaurants adapting to new dining trends.

Upsides

Sysco can capitalize on the demand for plant-based and alternative protein products.
The rise of ghost kitchens offers Sysco opportunities for specialized supply chain solutions.
Digital transformation in foodservice allows Sysco to enhance service offerings and engagement.

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