Agile Development Tech Lead

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Agile Development Tech Lead to join their Multi-Family BTO team. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a talented group of full stack developers in enhancing and modernizing critical systems. You'll provide technical guidance, mentor junior developers, and collaborate on innovative solutions using cutting-edge technologies. Your expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices will be pivotal in driving software delivery and process improvements. Join a forward-thinking company where your contributions will make a significant impact on the future of housing finance.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Market-leading benefit programs

Annual incentive program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with strong discipline.
• Experience with multi-tier architectures and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and code reviews while mentoring junior developers.
• Analyze business requirements and design solutions.
• Support application stability and automation efforts.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Angular

Node JS

JavaScript

Typescript

HTML 5

CSS

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Job description

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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview:

If you are an organized, detail-oriented, deadline driven Information Technology professional with a passion for operating in a fast-paced environment then we are your next destination employer! Freddie Mac Multi-Family is looking for experienced individuals to partner with business operations to reimagine our applications and processes. Apply to join us, the Multi-Family BTO team! As an Agile Development Tech Lead, you will be working in hands-on capacity on critical Freddie Mac Multi-Family Systems. You will be collaborating with project team that’s comprised of likeminded full stack Agile software developers, all working together to enhance and modernize the capabilities of these systems. Our team is made up of versatile individuals who thrive in a challenging work environment and enjoy applying their problem-solving skills. This role will be providing technical guidance and oversight to project execution team including technical mentoring and oversight. The position will also ensure alignment between project activities and accepted scope and negotiate with the business, vendors and other collaborators on changes to scope.

Our Impact:

We work on the end-to-end delivery of software product design and development using full stack technologies. We contribute to the solution delivery. The individual would support the technology and tools changes/improvements on the delivery processes. Be a role model and a technical mentor to junior developers. Work collaboratively with the other open minded, technology savvy and dedicated team members!

Your Impact:

Technical Leadership

Partner with technical team to design technical solutions to complex business use cases that align with target state architecture and conforms with corporate standard methodologies. Provide technical guidance to the project team members, lead design and code reviews. Train, mentor and provide thought leadership to junior developers.

Software Development

Analyze the Business requirements and come-up with design options that align with the technical roadmap and build proof of concepts as needed. Design and develop Micro Services based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker and Open Shift. Work on the technical upgrades/migrations including but not limited to middleware, database and PAM workflow to the cloud Assess opportunities for application and process improvements, optimizations & performance tuning for Java/JEE applications.

DevOps/Application Support:

Design scaling strategies and develops automation scripts and solutions Provide mentorship on build automation using Dockers & Containers, and Orchestration technologies like OpenShift / Kubernetes/EKS and Atlassian tool suite. Also ensure application stability by implementing monitoring solutions for all layers of the infrastructure Support the team in solving issues and come up with timely resolutions to address them.

The position will also ensure alignment between project activities and accepted scope and negotiate with the business, vendors and other stakeholders on changes to scope. This role will provide technical expertise and oversight to various projects in a hands-on capacity while mentoring developers in the team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience.

• A minimum of 10+ years of experience engineering exciting solutions.

• Experience working with large teams (more than 10) performing software development with strong engineering skills and discipline.

• Solid understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, batch and database.

Knowledge / hands-on experience on multiple technologies such as:

• Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML 5, and CSS.

• Database technologies - MongoDB, Postgres, etc.

• Information and application security including firewall, AD, TAM/PING, LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc.

• Large microservice based architectures, container orchestration frameworks.

• Ability to uncover customer relationships and patterns to extract insights.

Experience with Graph database

Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, GIT, Bitbucket, Spinnaker)

Sound Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and frameworks:

• Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/Google.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Knowledge of warehousing concepts mainly data management aspects are a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with solid organizational and time management skills; demonstrable experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast-paced changing environ

• Superb communication, leadership, and relationship management skills, that enable partnering with and influencing key team members in an open, collaborative environment at all levels in an organization.

• Ability to make substantial individual contributions to the code base

• Able to ensure alignment and adherence with Modern delivery practices

• Ability to work well with the business and people with varying degrees of technical expertise.

• Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment, flexibility to work extended hours and weekends

• Responsible for leading an Initiative or a large and complex project or a portfolio of large projects.

• Provide technical mentorship to all levels of a development team, mentoring them on technical topics

• Act as an agent for change regarding the new technologies and tools, promote top code quality by leading design and code reviews, and solve challenging issues

• Deep understanding of end-to-end software development and engineering practices

• Proficiency & experience utilizing methodologies (SDLC, AGILE, EDM, etc..)

• Work and collaborate across teams

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.

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 $138,000 - $206,000 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.