Agile Development Associate II (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

Company: Freddie Mac
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: January 27, 2023

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.Employees, contingent workers and visitors are no longer required to show proof of vaccination to be on-site. Effective January 2023, Freddie Mac's hybrid work arrangement is 3 days in the office (specifically Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday).Position Overview:At Freddie Mac, you will be part of 'Reimagine the experience' for Servicers and Homeowners through a streamlined, transparent, predictive, and flexible platform that delivers lower costs and increased efficiency with simplified and expedited decisioning and communication!We have a great opportunity for software development engineer to add to our existing modern delivery agile teams who is helping build modern solutions that can help millions of Americans around the country to retain and afford housing during the time of pandemic and beyond. We are seeking a motivated test professional with advanced programming skills who can create automation testing tools and frameworks to assist the testing process. Your responsibilities will include both software development and testing tasks with the focus on the testability, robustness, and performance of production software. Have a passion for designing, development, and testing and the ability to upgrade your technical skills within the constantly changing technology sector!Our Impact:Industry leadership: We are crafting an opportunity to leapfrog the competitionWe improve operational efficiencies and reducing costs for servicers and Freddie MacResponding to client insights on critical servicing processesProviding Seamless and flexible servicer/vendor integrationWe demonstrate readiness for future market downturnsYour Impact: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.Participate in backlog grooming, development, and unit testingProvide hands-on test automation support in writing, maintaining, and improving test code with best coding practices followedProvide production support that includes evaluate defects, investigate cause, and come up with solutions to address defects.Qualifications:4+ years of BS / BA with Computer Science or Information Technology, or related field1-to-2-year(s) experience with SAFE Agile, Kanban or SCRUM frameworks.At least 2 years of experience in: Java /J2EE, Spring (Spring Core, Spring Rest, Spring Boot) or equivalent programming languages (C , Python)At least 1 year of experience in databases management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Sybase with advanced SQL knowledge.At least 2 years of experience in test automation concepts, frameworks, UI automation using standard automation languagesAt least 1 year of DevOps experience in AWS environment or equivalent (Azure, Google).Preferred Qualifications:Experience with development and testing tools- Jenkins, Cucumber, Selenium, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket), Git, GradleAWS Certified developerKeys to Success in this Role:Good time management and organizational skills.Quick learner for new technology and tools.Good knowledge for testing, development, and design tools.Proactive in nature with customer satisfaction as a primary goal.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 timeJob Category:Information TechnologyFLSA Status:Non-ExemptFreddie Mac provides anticipated base salary ranges where required by law.

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