Java Software Engineer, Senior
About The Position
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. Position Overview: The 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. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team of talented individuals responsible for providing IT development support across various organizations in Freddie Mac. Senior developer will help line manager/technical lead in day to day operations, provide application development support and guide/mentor other members of the team. Our Impact: The Development Factory helps provide efficient and rapid delivery for IT scope affecting applications across the enterprise. The Dev Factory model promotes a more collaborative and productive work environment by bringing development, testing and operations together. It is the combination of skills, process, practices, and tools that enhances our ability to deliver services at large scale with high velocity and reliability. 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
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 5+ years of experience in developing applications using Java/J2EE technologies, preferably in Unix environment.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in developing/maintaining applications using C/C++ technologies, preferably in Unix environment.
- Excellent understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, caching, application servers, & load balancers
- Hands-on experience on multiple technologies such as: Java/J2EE & middleware (WebLogic, Apache, Spring Boot, etc.) technologies in UNIX environment and Scripting languages such as UNIX Shell
- Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, GIT, Bitbucket, Artifactory, etc.)
- Relational databases (Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
- Information and application security including LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
