Software Engineer Advisor

FedEx Group; Memphis, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Group in the United States seeks a senior software engineer to lead design, development, debugging of highly complex programs across the full software life cycle. You will coordinate efforts from concept through deployment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes building LLM apps and autonomous agents, deploying on GCP with Vertex AI and Cloud Run, migrating legacy architectures to cloud, and optimizing performance and costs.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead highly complex concept design through full development life cycle.
• Prepare and conduct systems programming tests requiring interfacing and software tests.
• Coach others in less senior positions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

LLM apps

Autonomous agents

Deterministic tool calls

Structured JSON outputs

UI frameworks React/Angular

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field

Tools

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

ReAct loops

GCP Vertex AI

Cloud Run

Cloud Functions (2nd Gen)

Cloud SQL

GCP IAM/Workload Identity/Secret Manager

React/Angular

Spring Boot

Java 17/21+

REST APIs

SQL/Stored Procedures

Vertex AI Vector Search/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:

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: 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].

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws:

• Know Your Rights
• Pay Transparency
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act

E-Verify Program Participant:

Federal Express Corporation participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify program (For U.S. applicants and employees only).

• E-Verify Notice (bilingual)
• Right to Work Notice (English) / (Spanish)