Freddie Mac

Python/AWS Technical Lead Developer (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

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Explore opportunities for the next step in your career. Position Overview: We are seeking a Python Tech Lead to work on our cloud-based distributed computing system. Are you interested in using your software engineering skills to build a system to enable massively parallel computations in a cloud environment? We need a leader for this team that can be a creative individual contributor developing and operating systems, provide innovation to processes, and coach others to use their strengths and best practices of the business. Our Impact: Our team is responsible for the distributing computing platform that is used by all the firm’s quantitative model and analytic systems. These systems use Monte-Carlo simulations to value financial instruments such as loans, mortgage-backed security and collateralized mortgage obligations. We work with other teams within our department to help them effectively leverage parallel compute in the cloud. We ensure that our systems are robust, scalable, fault-tolerant and cost effective. Your Impact: Design, develop and support a custom-built AWS native solution for distributed computing. The current system is written in Python and uses EC2 (Spot Fleet), S3, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB and API Gateway. Design, develop and support a Java distribution API that is used internally in Financial Engineering. The library enables applications to perform massively parallel computations to support valuation and risk analyses for a variety of financial instruments. Engage with internal application teams to understand their goals and design features to meet their needs. Lead the team’s implementation of new features. Design and develop new code, review existing code changes, and implement automated tests. Actively seek opportunities to continuously improve the technical quality and architecture to improve the product’s business value. Improve the product’s test automation and deployment practices to enable the team to deliver features more efficiently. Provide production support for the product. Qualifications: At least 8 years of experience developing production software. Strong Python skills with at least two years of experience writing production code. At least one year of experience with Amazon Web Services, especially EC2 (Spot Fleet), S3, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB and API Gateway. Experience writing automated unit, integration, regression, performance and acceptance tests. BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred. Keys to Success in this Role: Passionate about hands-on software development. A desire to work on all aspects of the software development lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, development, testing and operations. Strong collaboration and communication skills (both written and verbal). Desire to continuously improve the team’s technical practices. Ability to quickly learn, apply and deploy new technologies to solve emerging problems. 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. 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 $143,000 - $215,000 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. J-18808-Ljbffr