Agile Development, Professional

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:

Are you looking for an opportunity to join our fast paced and hardworking team that supports multiple IT applications built on various technologies with continuous modernization in progress? The Application Support Professional will support Automated Underwriting Risk Assessment (AURA) within the Single-Family organization as part of a multi-skilled agile team that continuously strives to collectively discover new opportunities to implement innovative, automated and cost-efficient solutions.

Our Impact:

We develop new product capabilities that support our mission and can reduce costs for borrowers. AURA is also leading credit and operational risk excellence towards making Freddie Mac the GSE of choice.

Your Impact:

Development & Execution

You will have significant impact on conceptual development, implementation, and continuous improvement of next gen application support processes within the Single-Family Underwriting Application Support Team. You will collaborate with the team through incident detection and resolution, defect recognition and management, support of partner team distribution of software, and top tier user experience troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology or equivalent experience, preferred

• Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in software development

• 2 years of relevant experience and specialized training or certification in the following technologies: J2EE, Java, Web Development and SQL. Dev Ops and CI/CD tools

• Excellent communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT.

• Position requires strong analytical skills, software engineering process skills, and the understanding of XML and creation of XML test data.

Keys to Success in this Role:

The ideal candidate possesses a collaborative attitude and aims to be innovative, demonstrating thoughtfulness and the ability to inspire others. They excel in time management and organizational skills, quickly learn new technologies and tools, and have solid knowledge of development and testing tools. Proactive by nature, they prioritize customer satisfaction and maintain a strong focus on operational excellence.

• Familiarity with Bootstrap, JSON, Jenkins, Maven Builds is a plus.
• Experience with Agile or Waterfall software development project methodologies.
• Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in documenting and communicating ideas clearly
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Familiarity with the Mortgage Industry is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Self-starter; collaborative; problem-solver
• Organized, ability to meet deadlines, work independently, manage multiple priorities

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac's business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $103,000 - $155,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.