Senior Software Development Engineer

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Freddie Mac is seeking a Financial Modeling developer to join their Model Applications Development team. You will be responsible for automating and deploying financial models, maintaining existing models, and supporting various financial analysis functions using machine learning techniques. This role is critical in ensuring the accuracy and performance of financial applications that support Freddie Mac's mission of making home possible.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Competitive compensation

Market-leading benefit programs

Qualifications

• Typically has 5 - 7 years related experience.
• Back End skills required: Java - Spring, Spring Boot.
• Experience in financial industry with modeling and simulations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Automating and deploying financial models using ML algorithms.
• Maintaining underwriting models and credit data processing.
• Performance tuning and stress testing models.

Skills

Java

Spring

Hibernate

Angular 4

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

SAS

git

Docker

Education

College Degree

Advanced studies/degree

Tools

DevOps Tools

Jenkins

Kubernetes

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:

Are you looking to be part of a technology team beyond the ordinary? A place full of exciting challenges and the engineers up to solving them? Then welcome to Financial Engineering!

This is the place where the models become software, where many of the numbers that drive our business decisions are produced. Our systems are used for interest rate and credit risk management, investment analysis and trading, security issuance, automated loan underwriting, distressed loan decisions, economic and regulatory capital, property valuation, financial reporting, economic and GAAP forecasting, and more! If you have finance and/or technology background, experience with critical applications, and thrive on ensuring operational excellence, apply for a Financial Modeling developer position in Model Applications Development team.

Our Impact:

Model Application Development team is responsible for converting models to application software. We evaluate millions of loans per day using the latest ML algorithms such as Deep Neural Networks, XG boost and Logistic regression. We turn ML algorithms to APIs using web services. We are responsible for implementing underwriting, servicing and loss mitigation models.

Your Impact:

• Automating and deploying Financial Models developed using ML algorithms.

• Maintaining underwriting models, credit data processing.

• Deploying model configuration with market and economic data for loss mitigation models.

• Providing APIs to Financial Models to integrate with IT applications.

• Performance tuning and stress testing Models.

• Participating in model tie outs. Identifying and resolving any issues in reconciling with model results.

• Fixing software security vulnerabilities identified in SAST and FOSS scanning.

• Code review and guiding junior level developers.

Qualifications:

• Typically has 5 - 7 years related experience

• College Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred

• Back End Skills: Java - Spring, Spring Boot, Camel, Hibernate, etc., Relational Database

• Front End Skills: Web based application skills (Angular 4,JavaScript, TypeScript)

• Automation Testing: Junit, Automated Performance and Regression/Functional Testing

• Devops Tools: git, gradle, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, OCP, CI/CD pipeline

• Programming Languages: Familiarity with Python/SAS is preferred

• Experience in Financial industry with Modeling and Simulations is preferred

• Knowledge on Fixed income securities is preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

• You must be model thinker and willing to learn Financial Models. Should be passionate about finding facts through data analysis.

• Communication and social skills working in a collaborative team and interacting with business customers.

• Bringing an analytical and imaginative attitude to work every day.

• Steadfast attention to business and technical details.

• Passion to ensure customer happiness and improve processes.

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 $130,000 - $196,000 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.