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Agile Development, Sr

Freddie Mac

McLean, VA
Full Time
Senior
127k-191k
10 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it's at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose. The Development Senior leads the technical strategy, advocating for simplicity and challenging constraints to achieve Agile design. They actively engage in problem-solving, balancing visionary leadership with execution, and ensure that technical implementations align with architectural solutions. The role involves providing technical leadership to development teams, making critical architectural decisions, and developing microservices-based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker, and OpenShift.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy and advocate for simplicity in Agile design, actively engaging in problem-solving and balancing visionary leadership with execution.
  • Ensure technical implementations align with architectural solutions and technical specifications.
  • Provide technical leadership to teams developing data components and applications for Modern Delivery teams, guiding them to meet project goals and schedules.
  • Make critical technical and architectural decisions to optimize scalability and capacity of technology, infrastructure, and systems.
  • Analyze business requirements, propose design options aligned with the technical roadmap, and develop microservices-based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker, and OpenShift.
  • Handle technical upgrades and migrations, focusing on middleware, database transitions to the cloud, and enhancing application performance and scalability.
  • Design scaling strategies, develop automation scripts, and mentor in build automation using Docker and container orchestration tools like OpenShift, Kubernetes, and EKS.
  • Provide proactive advice during the development lifecycle to prevent and address quality issues, develop model applications and microservices, and train and mentor junior staff.
  • Work on fixing software security vulnerabilities identified in SAST and FOSS scanning, contribute to design and code reviews, and document lessons learned.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5-7 years of experience engineering solutions.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience working in modernized development teams.
  • At least 5+ years of experience developing front-end and orchestration layers using Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML5, and CSS.
  • 2+ years of experience with database technologies such as MongoDB and Postgres.
  • 2+ years of experience developing with large microservice-based architectures and container orchestration frameworks.
  • 3+ years of experience using DevOps tools including Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, Spinnaker, JUnit, Cypress, Cucumber JS.
  • 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interface and influence across business lines and IT teams.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with cloud migration and cloud-native development.
  • Experience with security vulnerability remediation and application security best practices.
  • Experience mentoring junior staff and leading technical teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Advanced studies or degree preferred.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs.
  • Participation in an annual incentive program.
  • Comprehensive total rewards package.

Working at Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac values a collaborative, innovative, and proactive work environment. The organization emphasizes operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and a strong commitment to security and regulatory compliance. Employees are encouraged to learn new technologies, work as a team, and uphold a vigilant-first approach to security and privacy.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 15, 2025
Salary127k-191k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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About Freddie Mac

Website

freddiemac.com

Location

McLean, VA

Industry

Real Estate Credit

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