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Senior Platform Owner - Platform Engineering
full-timeUnited States$111k - $185k

Summary

Location

United States

Salary

$111k - $185k

Type

full-time

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About this role

Company:  

US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC

Sales Territory:  

None

Zip Code:

77077

Travel Percentage:  

0

Compensation Range:

$111,200.00 - $185,400.00

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.  

You may be eligible to participate in the Company's Incentive Plan.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com

Summary:

Enables self-service of BT product teams through the planning, execution, and delivery of one or more platforms per the articulated needs of products it supports. Takes ownership of and is accountable for a portfolio of products, features, components, or solutions in a team leadership role and associated performance metrics.  Engage directly with customers to ensure delivery of a high-quality, robust, and scalable product on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

  • As Senior Platform Owner, you will lead the platform engineering "product," directly influencing thousands of developers and services:

    Product Vision & Strategy: Collaborate with engineering leaders to establish, promote, and refine the long-term vision for the PaaStry+ ecosystem. Develop the "paved road" for 500+ microservices and beyond across AWS and GCP.

    Own the Gateway Products: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle for mission-critical gateways. Set the strategy, roadmap, and self-service features for our API Gateway, which controls production APIs, and our new LLM Gateway, which provides secure access to large language models.

    Pioneer Agentic AI in Platform Engineering: Drive our AI-powered platform initiative. Actively investigate and embed advanced, agentic AI capabilities (such as AI-driven troubleshooting, pipeline optimization, and proactive developer agents) to deliver a next-generation, assistive platform.

    Define the Platform Ecosystem Roadmap: Maintain a unified, prioritized, and actionable backlog for the entire platform, including the core Internal Developer Platform (IDP), network gateways, processes for initializing services (service bootstrapping), and frameworks for automating software testing (test automation frameworks).

    Go-to-Market & Adoption: Design and deliver a robust developer adoption strategy for the platform.

    Customer Success & Feedback: Establish ongoing feedback mechanisms (surveys, interviews) to track satisfaction (NPS) and ensure your roadmap addresses key developer pain points.

    Value Metrics & KPIs: Define and focus on the metrics that matter. You will own the platform's value stream, tracking DORA metrics (Lead Time, Deployment Frequency, etc.) across thousands of monthly deployments to demonstrate the platform's ROI.

    Evangelism & Communication: Be the public representative and principal evangelist for PaaStry+. Present at internal tech talks, craft persuasive updates for stakeholders, and foster a dynamic internal community.

Mandatory Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in CS or equivalent degree or 5 years related work experience in a technical field

  • 8+ years experience as a Platform Owner , Developer or similar technical roles with 5+ years of experience in an agile environment Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development frameworks

  • Proven experience managing design and delivery of highly technical and complex large-scale platforms

  • Sound knowledge of emerging technologies focusing on cloud products, SaaS platforms, or Enterprise Applications

Competencies

  • Strong platform engineering skills with deep understanding of platform vision and priorities

  • Demonstrated leadership and people management skills and ability to make decisions and set clear priorities

  • Proven ability to recognize value and manage investments to maximize value delivered

  • Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

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.

Anticipated Close Date:

03/01/2026

The deadline may be extended in good faith based on business needs.  The posting will be updated when the deadline is extended.

Other facts

Tech stack
Platform Engineering,Agile Development,Scrum,Lean,XP,Kanban,Cloud Products,SaaS Platforms,Enterprise Applications,Stakeholder Management,Negotiation Skills,AI Capabilities,API Gateway,Microservices,Developer Adoption Strategy,Value Metrics,KPI Tracking

About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home. This includes restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, entertainment venues, and more. Sysco operates almost 340 distribution centers, in over 10 countries, with 76,000 colleagues serving approximately 730,000 customer locations. The company generated sales of more than $81 billion in fiscal year 2025 that ended June 28, 2025.

As the world’s largest food-away-from-home distributor, Sysco offers customized supply chain solutions, bespoke specialty product offerings, and culinary support to drive customers to innovate and optimize their operations. We act as a trusted business partner to our customers, helping them grow through our industry-leading portfolio that includes fresh produce, premium proteins, specialty products, sustainably focused items, equipment and supplies, and innovative culinary solutions.

For more information, visit www.sysco.com.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Food and Beverage Services

What you'll do

  • As a Senior Platform Owner, you will lead the platform engineering product, influencing thousands of developers and services. You will oversee the end-to-end lifecycle for mission-critical gateways and drive AI-powered platform initiatives.

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Why join Sysco as a Senior Platform Owner - Platform Engineering?

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