Software Engineer Advisor

Federal Express Corporation; Memphis (TN); Remote; USD 89,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation seeks a senior software engineer to lead complex software design, development, troubleshooting, and testing across new products. You will coordinate the full development lifecycle and mentor junior staff while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have strong Java/Spring Boot backend experience, cloud deployments on GCP, and expertise in modern frontend frameworks. The role supports remote work within the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field.
• Four (4) years of qualifying work experience in IT or engineering environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in design, development, troubleshooting of complex software programs.
• Coordinate full development lifecycle from concept to deployment.
• Coach junior staff and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Deliver systems tests and ensure quality of releases.

Skills

LLM apps

Autonomous agents

Deterministic tool calls

Structured JSON outputs

React/Angular

Java backend

Spring Boot

GCP

Vector databases

SQL optimization

Cloud IAM

Hybrid/REST APIs

E2E debugging

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

ReAct

Vertex AI

Cloud Run

Cloud Functions

Cloud SQL

IAM

Workload Identity

Secret Manager

React

Angular

Java 17/21

Spring Boot

pgvector

Job description

Provide leadership and initiative in the overall coordination of designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs highly complex software programs for enhancements and new products.

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Preferred Skills

• 2+ yrs building LLM apps & autonomous agents with LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or ReAct loops. Strong expertise in deterministic tool/function calling & structured JSON outputs.
• 2+ yrs deploying & scaling on GCP with strong expertise in Vertex AI, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions (2nd Gen), and Cloud SQL. Solid grasp of GCP IAM, Workload Identity, & Secret Manager.
• Experience with modern UI frameworks (React/Angular) for seamless team collaboration, plus a proven track record migrating legacy .NET/Java architectures to modern cloud setups.
• Background in building production evaluation pipelines (measuring hallucination, precision, and latency).
• Experience integrating agents with enterprise platforms (Microsoft Teams, Slack, internal ERP/CRM systems).
• Strong background in modern Java (17/21+) backend development using Spring Boot to build, optimize, and deploy high-throughput microservices and REST APIs to the cloud.
• Expertise in Advanced RAG, vector databases (Vertex AI Vector Search, pgvector), chunking strategies, semantic reranking, and hybrid search (keyword + vector).
• Proven skill optimizing SQL queries and stored procedures to reduce compute/memory overhead, accelerate execution, and control cloud database costs during migrations.
• Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Machine Learning Engineer.

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems or related field and/or equivalent formal.

Minimum Experience

Four (4) years qualifying work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Strong written and verbal communication skills.
USA: $8,007.29/mo - $18,149.85/mo, CO: $8,007.29/mo - $17,393.61/mo, CA: $8,452.14/mo - $14,413.11/mo, NJ: $8,452.14/mo - $13,523.42/mo, ME, OH & VT: $8,452.14/mo - $15,124.88/mo, MN: $8,452.14/mo - $16,637.36/mo, IL & NV: $8,452.14/mo - $17,393.61/mo, MD, NY, VA & WA: $8,452.14/mo - $18,149.85/mo, MA: $8,896.99/mo - $18,149.85/mo, RI: $9,786.68/mo - $16,637.36/mo, CT: $9,786.68/mo - $17,393.61/mo, DC & HI: $10,231.53/mo - $17,393.61/mo, NYC: $10,231.53/mo - $18,149.85/mo

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.

Pay Transparency

Pay: USA Pay Transparency Range: $8,007.29/mo - $18,149.85/mo
The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location or locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the pay information represents the ranges for each level in that job family. Actual pay is determined by several job-related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, including, but not limited to, experience relative to the job, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment. In California, the compensation listed reflects the range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position upon hire. In New Jersey, any compensable Security and Walk time will be paid to non-exempt/hourly employees at the state minimum wage.
Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.
Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [e-mail].

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