Agile Development, Mgr

Freddie Mac

About The Position

Freddie Mac Multi-Family is seeking experienced individuals to partner with business operations to reimagine applications and processes. The Agile Development Manager will lead a software development team focused on critical Freddie Mac Multi-Family Systems. This role involves working with a project team of full stack Agile software developers to enhance and modernize system capabilities. The team consists of versatile individuals who thrive in challenging environments and enjoy problem-solving. The role will act as a Lead on projects, providing technical guidance and oversight to the project execution team. The team works on the end-to-end delivery of software product design and development using full stack technologies, contributing to solution delivery and supporting technology and tools changes/improvements on delivery processes. The individual will be a role model and technical mentor to junior developers, collaborating with open-minded, technology-savvy, and dedicated team members.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
A minimum of 8-10+ years of experience engineering exciting solutions with at least 2 years in management
Experience with managing large teams (more than 10) performing software development or infrastructure upgrades
Solid understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, batch and database
Knowledge / hands-on experience on multiple technologies such as: Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML 5, and CSS
Database technologies - MongoDB, Postgres, etc.
Information and application security including firewall, AD, TAM/PING, LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc.
Large microservice based architectures, container orchestration frameworks.
Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, GIT, Bitbucket, Spinaker)
Sound Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and frameworks
Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/Google
Excellent communication skills.
Very strong communication skills, you will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT.
Ability to work well with the business and people with varying degrees of technical expertise.
Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment, flexibility to work extended hours and weekends.
Responsible for leading an Initiative or a large and complex project or a portfolio of large projects.
Strong leadership, Relationship/Customer Management, and deep understanding of end-to-end software development and support processes.
Proficiency & experience utilizing methodologies (SDLC, AGILE, EDM, etc.).
Work and collaborate across teams.

Nice To Haves

Incorporating usage of GenAI in daily work

Responsibilities

Partner with technical team to design technical solutions to complex business use cases that align with target state architecture and conforms with corporate standard methodologies.
Provide technical guidance to the project team members, lead design and code reviews.
Train, mentor and provide thought leadership to junior developers.
Analyze Business requirements and come up with design options that align with the technical roadmap and build proof of concepts as needed.
Design and develop Micro Services based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker and Open Shift.
Work on the technical upgrades/migrations including but not limited to middleware, database and PAM workflow to the cloud.
Assess opportunities for application and process improvements, optimizations & performance tuning for Java/JEE applications.
Design scaling strategies and develops automation scripts and solutions.
Provide mentorship on build automation using Dockers & Containers, and Orchestration technologies like OpenShift / Kubernetes/EKS and Atlassian tool suite.
Ensure application stability by implementing monitoring solutions for all layers of the infrastructure.
Support the team in solving issues and come up with timely resolutions to address them.
Ensure alignment between project activities and accepted scope and negotiate with the business, vendors and other stakeholders on changes to scope.
Own full end-to-end delivery of software products, portfolio & budget management.
Manage team members of varying professional levels.
Build strong partnerships with the business and across IT to help advise strategic decisions as well as drive tactical implementations.
Attract, recruit, retain, and develop top talent.
Provide direct supervision to all levels of a development team, responsible for their career development, performance management, coaching and mentoring.
Act as an agent for change regarding new technologies and tools, promote top code quality by leading design and code reviews, and solve challenging issues (including incorporating usage of GenAI in daily work).
Develop communication plans and effectively communicate in both verbal and written form.
Hold team accountable for strong performance.
Seek win / win solutions.