Application Architect (Shipment Domain)

Description

Under limited supervision, define processes, and create project level architectures for specific applications.

About the Team

You will be joining a highly collaborative group of developers, owners of highly utilized and important applications within supply chain operations and across all of FedEx. We are in the midst of an exciting modernization project that is key to operational success. 

Our team is at the beginning of an exciting journey finding new ways to integrate AI into our daily work lives. We are leveraging modern AI coding tools to accelerate development to designing intelligent, cloud-native systems that optimize how packages move. Our culture thrives on curiosity, continuous learning, and collective ownership. If you are looking for a supportive environment where you can use cutting-edge technology to solve complex real-world operational challenges, you'll fit right in.

Essential Functions

• System Design & Modernization: Architect scalable, resilient, and secure application ecosystems, leading the transition of legacy systems into modern, cloud-native architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Technical Leadership: Drive architectural decisions, lead system design reviews, and establish coding standards and best practices for the engineering teams.
• Strategic Alignment: Work closely with business and data architects to evaluate products and projects, ensuring application designs align with strategic business initiatives and industry trends.
• AI-Driven Development: Use AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot) as a natural part of your daily workflow to accelerate implementation, draft documentation, and make sense of unfamiliar codebases.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure that all architectural designs and AI-assisted outputs are validated against enterprise needs, including security, compliance, performance, and reliability.
• Mentorship: Actively mentor and support developers and less senior colleagues, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Complex Problem Solving: Provide high-level technical advice and hands-on coding support to resolve complex production and integration challenges.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Architecture & Design: Deep understanding of modern application architecture patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven architecture, API design).
• Hands-on Builder: Willingness to be hands-on with code—this role goes beyond diagrams and planning.
• Core Tech Stack: Strong, expert-level knowledge of Java development and its modern ecosystems.
• Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on experience designing and deploying applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• AI Tooling: Comfortable using AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) as part of your everyday workflow for learning, building, and documenting.
• Communication: Strong communicator who can seamlessly connect with business stakeholders, vendor teams, and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Broad Knowledge: General knowledge of hardware, software, and network architecture dependencies.
• Bonus: AI Native knowledge and experience integrating AI/ML models into enterprise applications is a major plus.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information Systems and/or equivalent formal.

Minimum Experience

Five (5) years equivalent work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirement.

Domicile Information:

This position is eligible for remote work and may be located anywhere within the United States excluding AK, HI and U.S. territories, however if you live within the 50 miles radius of a campus you will be required to work at a FedEx campus location several times per week.

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: 

Additional Details: Application Criteria: Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire.

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

Pay Transparency:

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.

For details on our comprehensive benefits, click here.

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 recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.

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). Please click below to learn more about the E-Verify program:

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