Associate Technical Lead - Android 

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   

We are currently on the lookout for an Associate Technical Lead - Android to join our team. 

Responsibilities: 

• Owning the technical design, development, and long-term maintainability of Android applications in the Warehouse domain 

• Serving as the primary communication bridge between engineering, product, and business stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely, and effective collaboration with both US and local teams 

• Providing hands-on technical leadership to a team of 2–3 developers, driving engineering best practices, code quality, and mentoring 

• Leading end-to-end delivery of features and bug fixes, including planning, estimation, execution, and release accountability 

• Continuously evaluating, introducing, and championing modern Android technologies, architectures, and tools to improve scalability and developer productivity 

Requirements: 

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

• 5+ years of hands-on Android application development experience 

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin (preferred) and solid Java skills 

• Experience with Android Jetpack components (ViewModel, LiveData/StateFlow, Room, Navigation, WorkManager, etc.) 

• A solid understanding of modern Android app architecture, including MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modularization 

• Experience with Kotlin Coroutines and/or Flow for asynchronous programming 

• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs, JSON, and third-party SDKs 

• Proficiency with UI development using XML and modern UI frameworks (Jetpack Compose is preferred) 

• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Espresso, Robolectric, etc.) 

• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger/Hilt 

• Proficient with Git and modern source control workflows 

• The ability to own deliverables and guide junior developers 

Benefits:  

• 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   

• Hybrid work arrangement   

Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.