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Principal Software Engineer

Sygma Central Office

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Job ID R273114 Date posted 11/09/2026

Employment Type Full time

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

Compensation $145,000.00 - $241,600.00

Compensation Range The compensation range provided is in compliance with state specific laws. Factors that may be used to determine your actual rate of pay include your specific skills, years of experience and other factors.

Job Profile Summary Drives effective delivery of product/platform needs through developing high-quality software and technical solutions. Fluent across the full stack and coach junior developers to promote a flexible mindset and develop technical competence. Responsible for the technical leadership of and execution of day-to-day software development tasks as defined by product managers within multiple products. Provide deep technical thought leadership to the quality and end-to-end functionality of committed code for all members of the software engineering team to ensure that technologies interoperate or connect to each other appropriately. Operate as an expert-level individual contributor and develop enterprise-grade software with minimal technical oversight on multiple products or subject matter areas, while understanding the relationships and impact within the broader system.

Description

Scope

Drives effective delivery of product/platform needs through developing high-quality software and technical solutions. Fluent across the full stack and coach junior developers to promote a flexible mindset and develop technical competence.

Responsible for the technical leadership of and execution of day-to-day software development tasks as defined by product managers within multiple products.  Provide deep technical thought leadership to the quality and end-to-end functionality of committed code for all members of the software engineering team to ensure that technologies interoperate or connect to each other appropriately.  Operate as an expert-level individual contributor and develop enterprise-grade software with minimal technical oversight on multiple products or subject matter areas, while understanding the relationships and impact within the broader system.

Essential Functions

  • Execute on high quality enterprise-grade custom software development efforts related to React, Node.js and Java.  Anticipate and understand the impact of technical decisions across the organization.

  • Define project implementation and guide teams to deliver high-quality software

  • Provide technical leadership to software engineers. Mentor developers throughout the engineering organization

  • Review and provide feedback on technical deliverables from peer and junior software engineers

  • Fix and research highly complex or difficult technical problems

  • Align engineering team members on technical vision and implementation, and lead technical meetings on a regular basis to clearly articulate engineering development status and escalate issues with tasks assigned

  • Maintain a presence in the broader Software Engineering community

  • Leads standards and adoption of architecture standards and development practices like Test-Driven development, code reviews, static code analysis etc.

  • Leads standards and adoption of DevOps methods like CI/CD, SDLC automation and proactive monitoring/telemetry

  • Drive evaluation of emerging technologies continually to identify opportunities, trends and best practices to strengthen Sysco’s development practices

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related, or equivalent work experience.

  • 10 years of experience in custom software development in Java/Javascript or iOS/Android.

  • 8 years in solution design and development experience building cloud-native applications using open-source frameworks like Spring 

  • 8 years of full stack development experience with one or more object-oriented programming languages (like Java, Groovy or Python) and UI frameworks (like React, Angular or Vue)

  • 8 years of experience using SQL (like PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) and NoSQL (like MongoDB, Couchbase, Postgress, Redis, etc.) databases and persistence frameworks (like JPA, Hibernate, etc.)

  • 7 years of experience with version control system (using Git or similar)

  • 6 years of experience with Agile and Test Driven Development (TDD)

  • 6 years of experience utilizing Continuous Integration (CI) servers (like Jenkins or similar) for build and process automation (CD)

  • 6 years of experience building & deploying applications on a cloud platform like AWS, GCP or Azure

  • 6 years of knowledge and experience with REST API design and implementation, and event driven architecture

Preferred Qualifications

  • 12 years of experience in custom software development using Java/Javascript or iOS/Android

  • Experience mentoring and developing technical and functional skills of team members

  • Experience with enterprise software development recommended practices in application development environments

  • Practical exposure to software scalability, performance, and resiliency optimization techniques in mission-critical applications

  • AWS Certified Developer and DevOps Engineer is a big plus

Overview Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues 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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