Data Engineering Manager, Lakehouse Platform Leadership

Federal Express Corporation; Memphis (TN); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Corporation is seeking a senior- level Manager of Data Engineering to lead the Enterprise Data Group. This hybrid role is based in Memphis, with Plano or Pittsburgh as alternative campus locations, and requires proximity within 50 miles of a FedEx campus.

The role focuses on architectural leadership, production reliability, and strategic FinOps for cloud data platforms, spanning lakehouse patterns and modern ingestion.

Qualifications

• Five to eight years of experience in data engineering and leadership roles.
• Experience with enterprise data lakehouse architectures and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).
• Strong knowledge of data governance, security, and cost management (FinOps).

Responsibilities

• Lead a data engineering organization responsible for foundational data platforms and the enterprise data lake.
• Oversee 24/7 production support, incident response, and RCA processes.
• Drive budget forecasting, cloud spend management, and vendor contract oversight.
• Guide architecture, ingestion pipelines, and data modeling across lakehouse layers.

Skills

Leadership

Data Engineering Leadership

FinOps

Cloud Platforms

Incident Management

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Dataproc

Kafka

JMS

Cloud Storage

Job description

FedEx Corporation is seeking a senior- level Manager of Data Engineering to lead the Enterprise Data Group. This hybrid role is based in Memphis, with Plano or Pittsburgh as alternative campus locations, and requires proximity within 50 miles of a FedEx campus.

The role focuses on architectural leadership, production reliability, and strategic FinOps for cloud data platforms, spanning lakehouse patterns and modern ingestion.