Software Engineer, Associate II

Freddie Mac

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. We are seeking a motivated developer who will collaborate with the project manager, developers and business partners in developing business rules application related artifacts. The Data Drive Decisions (3D) team within the Single-Family organization is a centralized decision service to support common interpretation and execution of business policies across multiple lines of business.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 – 3 years of experience in software development
Strong development experience with Spring frameworks, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JSON, and web services (REST/Soap)
Experience in packaging services using Docker and configuring & deploying on Kubernetes platform or with some of the tools like GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Artifactory
Position requires strong analytical skills, software engineering process skills, and the understanding of XML and creation of XML test data.
Experience with REST based Web services
Experience with JMS enterprise messaging technologies such as ActiveMQ or AMQ
Experience with static analysis (e.g., Fortify, SonarQube) and remediation
Proficient in documenting and communicating ideas clearly
Ability to resolve issues in a non-confrontational manner
Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
Experience with UML, SQL and UNIX Shell Script

Nice To Haves

College Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience
2 years of relevant experience and specialized training or certification in the following technologies: J2EE, Java, Web Development and SQL
Experience with SOAP based Web services
Familiarity with JSON, Jenkins, Maven Builds
Experience with Agile or Waterfall software development project methodologies

Responsibilities

Understand Business needs and processes; identify solutions, present and work with project team/sponsors in identifying best solution.
Participate in Requirements Analysis; design Applications based on System Requirements; promote top code quality and solve challenging issues related to performance tuning and scalability.
Provide production support that includes evaluate defects, investigate cause and come up with solutions to address defects.
Implementation of software application changes with aggressive deployment timelines.
Execute department processes in a high-quality, efficient and team oriented manner.