Senior Quality Engineer - Performance Testing
About Sysco LABS:
Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 55th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.
Sysco operates 333 distribution centers across 10 countries, with 75,000 colleagues serving approximately 670,000 customer locations, including restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, entertainment venues and more. For fiscal year 2026, which ended June 27, 2026, the company generated sales of more than $84 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, developing, and optimizing scalable performance test frameworks and automation solutions
- Developing and maintaining performance test scripts using k6
- Analysing application, infrastructure, and frontend performance bottlenecks and providing optimization recommendations
- Integrating automated performance validation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
- Leveraging observability platforms such as Datadog and Grafana to provide deep performance insights
- Continuously improving frameworks, tooling, methodologies, dashboards, and reporting standards
- Collaborating closely with engineering, DevOps, architecture, and product teams to drive performance best practices
- Supporting and contributing to performance engineering initiatives across teams
- Staying ahead of emerging trends in performance engineering, AI-driven observability, and modern testing practices
- Driving stakeholder discussions and confidently communicating technical findings, risks, and strategic recommendations
Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in Performance Testing or Quality Engineering
- A strong hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and k6
- Experience with frontend performance testing tools such as Sitespeed.io is preferred
- A solid understanding of observability platforms including Datadog and Grafana
- Experience integrating testing solutions into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
- A strong technical understanding of web applications, APIs, distributed systems, and system architecture
- Experience identifying performance bottlenecks across frontend, backend, database, and infrastructure layers
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- A passion for learning and innovation, with an interest in emerging technologies in performance engineering and observability
- The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams
Benefits:
- Performance-based annual bonus
- Performance rewards and recognition
- Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes
- Entertainment allowance
- Team engagement allowance
- Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws
- Hybrid work arrangement
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
