Data Engineer III

FedEx Group; Memphis (TN); Remote; USD 107,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Engineer III to drive engineering innovation within their Dataworks team. This pivotal role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize data pipelines and workflows in cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, proven problem-solving skills, and experience in building scalable solutions. You will mentor junior engineers and play a key role in enhancing data quality and security. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and offers opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 3-4 years experience in data engineering and machine learning frameworks.
• Strong understanding of data management principles and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize data ingestion and curation processes on cloud environments.
• Lead code reviews and triage production incidents for system reliability.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Cloud Environments

Data Engineering

Data Analysis

Agile Practices

DevOps Practices

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Python

Spark

Kafka

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

SQL

NoSQL

Jupyter

Job description

The Data Engineer III plays a pivotal role within Dataworks, focused on driving engineering innovation within Dataworks, helping define and build the Dataworks organization and leading the delivery of key business initiatives. S/he acts as a “universal translator” between IT, business, software engineers and data scientists, collaborating with these multi-disciplinary teams. The Data Engineer III will contribute to the adherence of technical standards for data engineering, including the selection and refinements of foundational technical components. S/he will work on those aspects of the Dataworks platform that govern the ingestion, transformation, and pipelining of data assets, both to end users within FedEx and into data products and services that may be externally facing. Day-to-day, s/he will be deeply involved in code reviews and large-scale deployments. S/he will also provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers to support the continued training and up-skilling of the Data Engineering team.

Under limited supervision, supports the design, build, test and maintenance of data pipelines at big data scale. Assists with updating data from multiple data sources. Other functionalities under limited supervision include working on batch processing of collected data and matching its format to the stored data, making sure that the data is ready to be processed and analyzed. Assists with keeping the ecosystem and the pipeline optimized and efficient, troubleshooting standard performance, data related problems and providing L3 support. Implements ETL transformers to reformat and enhance the data. Provides recommendations to complex problems. Provides guidance to those in less senior positions.

Job Description / Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and optimize data ingestion and curation processes, and integration workflows on cloud environments
• Involve in code reviews, large-scale deployments and lead triage production incidents to resolution and strengthen the reliability of systems
• Interacting with senior technologists from the broader enterprise and outside of FedEx (partner ecosystems and customers) to create synergies and ensure smooth deployments to downstream operational systems
• Implement best practices for data management, including data quality and security
• Implement cloud-based data storage solutions, leveraging technologies for performance and cost efficiency
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement within the data engineering workflow.
• Building tools, platforms and pipelines to enable teams to clearly and cleanly analyze data, build models and drive decisions
• Scaling up from “laptop-scale” to “cluster scale” problems, in terms of both infrastructure and problem structure and techniques
• Delivering tangible value very rapidly, collaborating with complementary teams of varying backgrounds and subject areas
• Championing the adherence to best practices for future reuse in the form of accessible, reusable patterns, templates, and code bases
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends in data engineering to enhance our systems and processes.

Skills/Abilities

• Technical background in computer science, software engineering, database systems, distributed systems
• Proven track record of solving complex problems and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a team environment
• Fluency with distributed and cloud environments and a strong understanding of how to balance computational considerations with theoretical properties
• Detailed knowledge of the Microsoft Azure tooling for large-scale data engineering efforts and deployments is highly preferred
• A track record of designing and deploying large scale technical solutions, which deliver tangible, ongoing value:
• Direct experience having built and deployed robust, complex production systems that implement modern, data scientific methods at scale
• Ability to context-switch, to provide support to dispersed teams which may need an “expert hacker” to unblock an especially challenging technical obstacle, and to work through problems as they are still being defined
• Demonstrated ability to deliver technical projects with a team, often working under tight time constraints to deliver value
• An ‘engineering’ mindset, willing to make rapid, pragmatic decisions to improve performance, accelerate progress or magnify impact
• Comfort with working with distributed teams on code-based deliverables, using version control systems and code reviews
• Ability to conduct data analysis, investigation, and lineage studies to document and enhance data quality and access quickly while adopting new and evolving technologies and apply to projects.
• Use of agile and DevOps practices for project and software management including continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Demonstrated expertise working with some of the following common languages and tools:

· Bigdata technologies (Python, Spark, PySpark, and Kafka)

· Cloud technologies (Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and Azure Dev Ops (ADO)).

· SQL and NoSQL storage tools, such as MySQL and Postgres

· Jupyter and other Python data tools

• Solid understanding of data modeling, data architecture, and data management principles.

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 needs.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics or Engineering and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.

Minimum Experience:

Three to Four (3 - 4) years equivalent work experience in measurement and analysis, quantitative business problem solving, simulation development and/or predictive analytics. Extensive knowledge in data engineering and machine learning frameworks including design, development and implementation of highly complex systems and data pipelines. Extensive knowledge in Information Systems including design, development and implementation of large batch or online transaction-based systems. Strong understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies. Experience providing leadership in a general planning or consulting setting. Experience as a senior member of multi-functional project teams. Strong oral and written communication skills. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

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: Annual Range $107,680 - $161,520

Additional Details: Application Criteria: Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 5pm Central on 4/13/2025.

FedEx Dataworks is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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 [e-mail].