Innovation Technical Lead

Company: Freddie Mac
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. Position Overview: Do you embrace innovation and push the boundaries of what is possible? Do you embody Agile delivery at the core of your being? Are you an experienced leader who is ready for a modernized delivery environment? At Freddie Mac, we are innovating to influence commercial mortgage industry business. We want you to join us! As a highly innovative technical leader, you will influence outcomes, guide innovation, and put your stamp on our future. The journey is wide open with possibilities! Our Impact: The Multifamily IT Innovation team supports the multifamily business, creating and implementing solutions to a variety of technology challenges. This includes the latest cutting-edge technologies, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Your Impact: * You will get to show off your skills as a full stack software engineer influencing outcomes, guiding innovation, and influencing how the team and organization evolves * Act as a mentor to the team driving full (and accurate) adoption of modern software engineering & Delivery practices (Real Agile, TDD, ATDD, Stateless Design, Microservices, Containerization, etc.) * You bring deep knowledge and experience in designing for and implementing solutions in the cloud (AWS) .. this can range from custom code on IaaS/PaaS to SaaS solution integrations * Responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT, and will utilize your strong communications skills to do this successfully Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred. * 10-12 years of experience engineering awesome solutions and 4-5 years leading modernized development teams * Languages: Java, Angular, node.js, Python * Modern Tools: Jenkins, Cucumber, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket), Git * DBs: PostgreSQL, Mongo * Cloud: AWS * Other: EKS, Docker, SpringBoot * Innovation Lab, ML and/or AI experience is a plus Keys to Success in this Role: * You adopt change and innovation, and push the boundaries of what is possible * You embody Agile delivery at the core of your being * You have proven technical skills. You will be driving team and organizational direction on solutions and architecture. You need to know the modern approaches as well as where the landmines are. * You've got the full stack covered with all key modern languages under your belt. You're going to have to get into all parts of the code, as well as implement some of it, so you will need to know this stuff up and down. * Proven success mentoring and transforming technical teams to shift to modern execution model Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site. Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you'll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit and register with our referral code: MAC. Time-type:Full time Job Category:Information Technology FLSA Status:Exempt

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