Intern – Software Engineering
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. Sysco LABS’ enterprise technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network and the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer.
Responsibilities:
Designing scalable, robust, and cost-effective solutions in collaboration with senior engineering staff
Implementing solutions based on design, adhering to engineering best practices, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Understanding requirements via user stories, proactively clarifying and writing acceptance criteria for those same user stories
Writing unit, integration, and functional tests for the solutions
Working collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment, closely with a mentor/Tech Lead on architectural decisions
Adhering to DevOps principles and being involved with projects during their full software lifecycle - development, QA, and deployment
Maintaining clear technical documentation to support knowledge continuity beyond the internship
Requirements:
Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming concepts
Working proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with exposure to React
Basic working proficiency with Node.js
Working knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB preferred)
Interest in or exposure to engineering metrics, developer productivity, or data visualization tooling is a plus
Basic familiarity with Python is an added advantage
Basic familiarity with cloud deployment concepts (AWS) is an added advantage
Benefits:
An attractive allowance
Paid birthday leave
Exposure to the corporate culture of a Fortune 100 company
An opportunity to work with and learn from industry specialists, and develop professionally in your chosen field
Opportunities to network and build lasting professional relationships
A progressive culture that promotes work-life harmony and personal development
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
