Software Engineer Lead – Backend

Job Description:

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Software Engineer, you’ll have your hands in all our key backend systems, from ingesting data from our merchant partners, to helping the data science team bring their data models to production. You will modify our core services and applications in our never-ending quest to help our shoppers and retailers connect in new ways.

What We’re Looking For:

• 4+ years writing production backend code for web applications.

• Experience with object-oriented programming languages, such as Java/Groovy/Kotlin

• Experience with Rest Assured, Postman, Newman.

• Experience optimizing larger applications to increase speed, scalability, and extensibility.

• Comfort with database concepts and experience writing SQL in a relational database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL

• Comfort with key programming concepts like memory management, optimization techniques, API design, relational mapping frameworks, and distributed applications.

• Nice to have: Experience working in AWS, Docker, Spinnaker, Jenkins, JavaScript.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems or related field and/or equivalent formal training or work experience. Four (4) years qualifying work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

Domicile / Relocation 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.

Application Criteria:
Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 5 pm Central Time on Tuesday November 1st, 2022

Additional InformationColorado Residents Only – Compensation: Monthly Salary $8210.91 – $12396
The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range or starting rate of candidates hired in Colorado. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, your work location, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role. This information is provided to applicants in accordance to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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.

Employee Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid Life and AD&D insurance; tuition reimbursement; paid sick leave; paid parental leave, paid vacation, paid military leave, and additional paid time off; geographic pay ranges; 401k with Company match and incentive bonus potential; sales Incentive compensation for selling roles.

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.