Java Software Engineer, Senior

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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Are you looking for an opportunity work with a variety of technology and make a meaningful contribution to the team? We have an opportunity for someone to join a fast-paced team of hardworking individuals responsible for providing IT development support across various organizations in Freddie Mac. We are looking for a Senior Developer to provide leadership and technical mentorship, collaborate with line manager and various business / technology partners in developing and implementing technical solutions!

The Single Family Enterprise Business Technology Office (BTO) at Freddie Mac enables business operational excellence through the flexible use of technology. The team supports the needs of the enterprise groups, including the chief administrative office, compliance, enterprise risk management, finance, human resources, diversity and outreach, internal audit and legal. In addition to championing and empowering business partners, Enterprise BTO takes steps to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.

• Act as a lead on projects, assigning tasks, delivering training, mentoring and coaching to team members

• Provide guidance to the project team on high level design, ensuring that the design/solution is consistent with the approved architecture

• Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations or solutions

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

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

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

• Collaboratively work with all other IT Teams to identify “Win/Win” opportunities and improve efficiency

• Championing and influencing technology decisions with business partners, IT management and Team members on matters concerning multiple complex projects which requires negotiating while maintaining effective relationships

• Engaging with Enterprise and Application architects to promote collaboration on the development of solution architecture;
  Reviewing architecture and ensuring alignment with accepted architectural principles and the strategic roadmap

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

• 3+ years of hands on experience with application development, build and deployment using web/application servers such as Web Logic, Tomcat, Apache, etc.

• Hands-on experience with Build and Deployment tools such as Jenkins and languages like ANT, Maven, etc.

• 3+ years of demonstrated ability with databases such as UDB, Sybase, SQL Server or Oracle. Good knowledge of database concepts with working knowledge of SQL, Stored

• Procedures, etc. and solid understanding of database interfacing technologies such as ODBC, JDBC and DBMS native clients

• Strong Unix knowledge with experience in scripting/programing languages such as Shell, C, C++, Perl, etc.

• Good technical and analytical skills with the ability to analyze system functionality and resolve issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred.

• Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals.

• Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, persuasively.

• Motivated to learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

We consider all applicants for all…