Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview: 

Do you love coding and embrace change and innovation and push the boundaries of what is possible while helping people grow in their career path? We are searching for a highly innovative Senior Developer to join our team. Interested in learning more? Read on! 

At Freddie Mac, we are in the process of digital transformation and modernization and we want you to be a part of it! You will get to show off your skills as a full stack software engineer, and will influence outcomes, guide transformation, and put your stamp on how the team and organization evolves. We need you to use your experience and success in coaching and transforming technical teams to shift to a modern execution model. The journey is wide open with possibilities! 

Our Impact: 

As part of Single Family Securitization organization, our vision is to create a scalable, innovative platform to support Freddie Mac Single Family Securitization Operations. Our team is responsible for providing solutions for all business areas at Freddie Mac – i.e. Single Family, Multi-Family and Capital Markets to improve operational efficiencies and provide better business value and faster time to market. 

Your Impact: 

• Developing software solutions by studying organizational needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.  

• Follow established methodology and controls guidelines. Maintain agility and quality throughout development process.  

• Documenting Technical Design, Interface Specifications and Unit Testing.  

• Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations or solutions  

• Demonstrating ownership of problems, issues, or requests from start to finish and facilitating appropriate handoffs   

• Ensuring that “Best Practices” for development activities (e.g. code reviews, unit testing, etc.) are followed through the project life-cycle   

 
Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience; advanced studies and degree preferred 

• A minimum of 5 - 7 years of experience engineering software solutions for business and operational capabilities

• 5+ years of experience in developing applications using Java/J2EE technologies, preferably in Unix environment.  

• Advanced understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, caching, application servers, & load balancers  

• Hands-on experience on multiple technologies such as:  Java/J2EE & middleware (WebLogic, Apache, Spring Boot, etc.) technologies in UNIX environment and Scripting languages such as UNIX Shell  

• Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, GIT, Bitbucket, Artifactory, etc.)  

• Relational databases (Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)  

• Information and application security including LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc. 

• Good communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT.