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Sysco

Lead Engineer

Sysco, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Company: US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC

Zip Code: 77038

Employment Type: Full Time

Travel Percentage: 0

Technical Delivery Lead – Core Enterprise Services Summary: Fluent across the full technology stack; owns delivery and support responsibility for an API product or platform team; drives technical priorities; supports delivery efforts through technical advisory, coaching of other technical team members, and may also support hands-on execution; ensures technical consistency of the finished product with identified needs. Responsibilities: Drives technical priorities and owns delivery and support responsibility for an API product or platform team. Oversees agile development activities for an API product or platform and leads the development of key mechanisms that support agile delivery. Coordinates cross team dependencies and collaborates between various groups to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues on a daily basis. Provides hands-on assistance with technical solutions for systems and performance statistics that drive business critical applications, operating as a senior engineer. Engages with other technical stakeholders (operations, enterprise architecture, etc.) as necessary to manage technical requirements; facilitates estimation of costs and effort of work items. Actively manages and drives the technical solutions and support within the team across time zones. Ensures the engineering and technical considerations are accounted for in agile practices. Ensures that the delivery team commits to achievable and realistic goals and includes the entire team in the estimation/planning process to obtain diverse perspectives. Evaluates emerging technologies continually to identify opportunities, trends and best practices to strengthen Sysco’s development practices. Leads the technical design of the product or platform and ensures that the prescribed architecture, security, development best practices, and agile best practices are adhered to. Mandatory Experience: Bachelor's degree in CS or 5-7 years of software development experience, including 1 year in a dev focused leadership role. 5–8 years of experience in developing and supporting high performance and highly scalable applications in an agile environment, depending on education. Extensive hands-on experience with the underlying technologies of product/platform (programming languages, databases, application integration, etc.). At least 2 years of experience working in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, etc. Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development techniques. Fluency in DevOps, including continuous integration, continuous deployment/delivery, configuration and containerization, infrastructure as a code, and monitoring. Competencies: Demonstrated “agile-development” mindset with strong customer-focus & results-orientation. Flexible mindset and demonstrated ability to grow skillset and work across the full technology stack. Excellent technical and analytical skills to discuss problems, analyze solutions and enable improvements on short and long term. Excellent communication skills to effectively manage key business stakeholder relationships. Highly proficient in teamwork and collaboration. Preferred Experience: 5+ years of Java design and development experience. 5+ years of experience using frameworks like Spring (Core, Cloud, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc.). 5+ years of experience using Postgres, SQL (Oracle, MySQL, etc.) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Couchbase) Databases, Caching (Redis) and persistence frameworks (JPA, Hibernate, etc.). Experience with test driven development (TDD). Knowledge and experience with microservices & Service Oriented Architecture Methods and implementation technologies. Significant hands-on training and work experience in building & deploying applications on a cloud platform like AWS, GCP, Azure, etc. Experience leading and mentoring other developers is a plus. Experience in using data streaming platforms like Kinesis or Kafka is a plus. BENEFITS INFORMATION: For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit

SyscoBenefits.com . HOW WE PROTECT OUR ASSOCIATES: COVID-19 Precaution(s): Personal protective equipment and masks provided. Temperature screenings. Social distancing guidelines in place. Sanitizing, disinfecting, and cleaning procedures in place. OVERVIEW: Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 57,000 associates and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. We offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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