The Data Engineer II plays an important role within Dataworks, focused on delivering engineering innovation within Dataworks, helping to execute the delivery of key business initiatives. S/he acts as a “universal translator” between IT, business, software engineers and data scientists, collaborating with these multi-disciplinary teams. The Data Engineer II will contribute to the adherence of technical standards for data engineering, including the selection and refinements of foundational technical components. S/he will work on those aspects of the Dataworks platform that govern the ingestion, transformation, and pipelining of data assets, both to end users within FedEx and into data products and services that may be externally facing. Day-to-day, s/he will be deeply involved in code development and medium-scale deployments. Under general supervision, supports the design, build, test, and maintenance of data pipelines at big data scale. Assists with updating data from multiple data sources. Other functionalities under general supervision include working on batch processing of collected data and matching its format to the stored data, making sure that the data is ready to be processed and analyzed. Assists with keeping the ecosystem and the pipeline optimized and efficient, troubleshooting standard performance, data related problems and providing L3 support. Provides recommendations to moderately complex issues.
Two (2) years equivalent work experience in measurement and analysis, quantitative business problem solving, simulation development and/or predictive analytics. Strong knowledge in data engineering and machine learning frameworks including design, development and implementation of highly complex systems and data pipelines. Strong knowledge in Information Systems including design, development and implementation of large batch or online transaction-based systems. Strong understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies. Experience as a member of multi-functional project teams. Strong oral and written communication skills. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.