Senior Software Engineer

Explore opportunities for the next step in your career. 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. Experience with Groovy. Modern Tools: Jenkins, Cucumber, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket), Git. Cloud: AWS. Other: EKS, Docker, Openshift. Keys to Success in this Role : You embrace change and innovation. Encouraging a Continuous Exploration process and likes to take on challenges with calculated risk. Passion for driving value to customers and excitement for modern delivery (CI/CD) process. Ability to work quickly on delivery and able to apply risk-based approach to prioritize work. Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, and identify process improvements and efficiencies opportunities. Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals. Motivated to learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies. Takes accountability, sets expectations, and delivers high quality technical solutions. Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site. This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $127,000 - $191,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant. #J-18808-Ljbffr