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.