Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FedEx Freight is a leading provider in the logistics industry, seeking a technical leader to serve as an Advisor-Software Engineer. The role involves designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex software programs, while also leading the adoption of modern architectures and enhancing application capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Ensures application of systems thinking principles, allowing team members to independently design, code, test, and deploy software
- Provide necessary documentation to support the Software Development Life Cycle
- Develops prototypes and solutions leveraging a diverse range of technology
- Advises in the application of modern architectures, principles, methodologies, tools, and systemic processes to support the launch of new business capabilities
- Lead the resolution of highly complex problems
- Research and integrate emerging technologies to enhance application capabilities and overall system architecture
- Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures
- Perform other duties as required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or other quantitative discipline or equivalent work experience, plus five (5) years' experience in information technology or engineering environment
- Expertise in programming languages
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles, microservices, and cloud computing platforms
- Strong leadership, customer and people development skills
- Strong problem solving, project management and analytical skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- 6+ years backend development OOP (Java, .NET/C#)
- API design: REST, GraphQL, event-driven patterns
- Microservice architecture
- Messaging (JMS or equivalent)
- GitHub workflows, branch protection, CI/CD
- Experience targeting distributed environments
- Container orchestration (EKS, GKE, AKS)
- Code review practices
- Developer tooling and platform engineering
- AI-driven development: MCP, multi-agentic flows, spec-driven approaches
- MuleSoft or similar iPaaS experience (plus, not required)
- EDI or integration architecture (plus, not required)
- Experience in regulated/compliance-heavy environments
- Leading multiple projects as technical lead
- Mentoring developers, raising the technical bar
- Setting standards without being a blocker
- Peer-building mindset: patient but uncompromising on quality
- Influencing across teams without formal authority
- Participation in cross-team ceremonies such as architecture review boards, change control reviews, etc
Benefits
- Eligible employees offered health, vision, dental, life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Personal/sick paid time
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Bonus potential
- Tuition reimbursement
- Adoption assistance
- 2 weeks paid parental leave
- Paid bereavement
- Employee discounts
- 6.67–13.34 hours vacation per month based on service time
- 8 paid holidays
- Regular full & part-time employees (who complete 91 days of employment and work a minimum average of 12 hours per week) are eligible to enroll in medical, dental, and/or vision coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Full/part-time employees who are age 21 are eligible for 401(k) after one month of employment
Company Overview
FedEx Freight is a shipping company that provides logistics solutions for doorstep and less-than-truckload deliveries, It was founded in 1973, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.fedexfreight.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
FedEx Freight has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 54 in 2026, 38 in 2025, 21 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 18 in 2022, 23 in 2021, 14 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.