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Software Engineer Lead (Front-end)

FedEx

FedEx

Software Engineering
Memphis, TN, USA
Posted on Jul 31, 2024

Description

About FedEx Dataworks:

Born out of FedEx, a pioneer that ships nearly 20 million packages a day and manages endless threads of information, FedEx Dataworks is an organization rooted in connecting the physical and digital sides of our network to meet today's needs and address tomorrow's challenges.

We are creating opportunities for FedEx, our customers, and the world at large by:

  • Exploring and harnessing data to define and solve true problems
  • Removing barriers between data sets to create new avenues of insight
  • Building and iterating on solutions that generate value
  • Acting as a change agent to advance curiosity and performance

At FedEx Dataworks, we are making supply chains work smarter for everyone.

Summary:

Provide leadership and initiative in the overall coordination of designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs highly complex software programs for enhancements and new products. Responsible for highly complex concept design through the full development life cycle. Prepares and conducts systems programming test requiring interfacing and software tests. Coaches others in less senior positions.

Job Description / Responsibilities:

  • Perform code reviews, developer testing and debugging for all features of the project
  • Design and document new/existing software solutions using diagrams, flow charts, dashboards, and reports
  • Conduct proof-of-concepts using new software tools/libraries, programming techniques, and emerging concepts to identify areas for advancement of the project
  • Coordinate with the development team(s) to increase collaboration and productivity, reducing dependencies where possible
  • Coordinate with the product and engineering managers to provide technical details and status updates for new/existing features
  • Provide technical instructions and assist with the prioritization of work items across numerous agile ceremonies (sprint planning, story grooming, bug triage etc.), while maintaining InfoSec compliance requirements for open-source software, code quality, bugs and vulnerabilities.

Skills / Abilities:

  • Expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6+), React, and other relevant frontend technologies and frameworks
  • Understanding of web performance optimization techniques and best practices
  • Solid grasp of web standards, accessibility, and SEO principles
  • Programming languages such as Java, Kotlin as well as Python
  • Knowledge of databases (Cosmos, SQL, Postgres, Liquibase)
  • Leadership experience with the ability to mentor and inspire a team of engineers
  • Comprehensive knowledge of databases (Cosmos, SQL, Postgres, Liquibase)
  • Technical documentation and experience with data visualization tools
  • Ability to work on multiple projects independently.
  • Basic knowledge of DevOps management and infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Nice to Haves:

  • Project management experience
  • Backend development experience in Java, Kotlin as well as Python
  • Front-end development experience

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems or related field and/or equivalent formal training or work experience. Five (5) to Seven (7) years qualifying work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

Domicile Information:

This position can be domiciled anywhere in the United States. The ability to work remotely within the United States may be available based on business need.

Preferred Qualifications:  

Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay: Monthly Range: $10,667 - $16,000

Additional Details: Application Criteria: Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 8/7/2024.

Dataworks does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. Further, Dataworks is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the desired position, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact DataworksTalentAcquisition@corp.ds.fedex.com.