Freddie Mac Hiring for Agile Development Associate II (Hybrid – 3 Days in Office) Job at McLean, VA Full Time

Employees, contingent workers and visitors are no longer required to show proof of vaccination to be on-site. Effective January 2023, Freddie Mac’s hybrid work arrangement is 3 days in the office (specifically Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday).

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:

Freddie Mac is an industry leader building the future of technology for the housing/finance industry.

Our Modern Delivery team working on Cloud Native applications helps enable and transform Freddie Mac’s business. We provide systems and technology that benefit the enterprise, customers, and our business partners.

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 Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience from which knowledge and skills may be acquired

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in software development; 2 years of relevant experience and specialized training or certification in the following technologies: J2EE, Java, Web Development and SQL; Groovy a plus;

• Experience in using Java & UI frameworks – Angular, Spring, STRUTS or JQuery

• Position requires strong analytical skills, software engineering process skills, and the understanding of XML and creation of XML test data.

• Experience with SOAP & REST based Web services

• Familiarity with Bootstrap, JSON, Jenkins, Maven Builds is a plus.

• Experience in developing APIs using Spring Boot framework, ideally with Docker container or OpenShift Cloud Platform (OCP)

• Looking for solid understanding and implementation of tried and true as well as modern design patterns and architectural principles.

• Modern Tools: TFS, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Cucumber/Specflow, Atlassian Suite (Bamboo, Jira, Bitbucket), Git

• DBs: SQL, Mongo, DB2 (Legacy Sybase for transformation efforts)

• Cloud: AWS

• Hands-on experience with Build and Deployment tools and languages preferred

• Knowledge of the Mortgage Industry is a nice to have.

• Experience with Agile development project methodologies preferred

• Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills

• Self-starter; collaborative; problem-solver

• Organized, ability to meet deadlines, work independently, manage priorities

• Proficient in documenting and communicating ideas clearly

• Ability to resolve issues in a non-confrontational manner

• Good interpersonal and relationship building skill

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.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Takes accountability, sets expectations, and delivers high quality technical solutions within agreed upon level of effort.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Time-type:Full time

Job Category:Information Technology

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

Freddie Mac provides anticipated base salary ranges where required by law.