Financial Model Development Senior (Python Developer)

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

2d•$130,000 - $196,000•Onsite

About The Position

Freddie Mac is seeking a senior developer to join the Credit Innovation and Analytics team in the Single-Family division. This position will play an important role in developing, enhancing and maintaining CIA’s suite of applications, models and tools used for automated evaluation of borrowers’ capacity (assets, income, employment). The person will employ strong software development and analytical skills in the implementation of new products and optimization/ expansion of existing products. The CIA team owns credit policy and analytics as it pertains to the borrower’s capacity to repay the mortgage. The team is responsible for developing and implementing technical solutions for automating the manual processes of assessing borrower assets and income using big data, analytics and third-party service providers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years’ experience in developing analytic and production quality software, following industry best practices.
Proficiency in Python, C++ and Java.
Familiarity with AWS EKS and Python web services frameworks such as Flask, Fast API or Django
Hands on experience in well disciplined, full stack and full life cycle software development.
Fluency in development tools such as Make, Git, shell scripts, gdb, pdb, SQL, RDBMS

Nice To Haves

Advanced studies/ degree preferred.
Experience in model implementation is nice to have.

Responsibilities

Model, implement and test business rules in complex analytics software involving machine learning and data analysis algorithms.
Use best practices in software development to create and maintain scalable, robust, reliable, maintainable and elegant software.
Work with the business analysts to translate business requirements into software specifications.
Develop automated testing strategies and tools, conduct testing, and present results.