Senior Software Engineer (Python & AWS)
Senior Software Engineer (Python & AWS)
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Job Description
At Freddie Mac our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us and its 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:
Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work on our internal data platform hosted on AWS. The ideal candidate should have experience in system development and operation along with a solid background in software engineering and familiarity with AWS.
Our Impact
Our team manages an internal data platform that is crucial for key business operations including prepayment model development trading analytics and securitization.
We work with other teams to understand their data needs so we can design systems to meet their business objectives.
We ensure that our systems are robust scalable fault-tolerant and cost effective.
Your Impact
Design develop and support a custom-built AWS native data platform. The infrastructure code is written in Python and uses EC2 EMR S3 SQS DMS Lambda and API Gateway. We deploy changes using CloudFormation.
Collaborate with other areas of the team to understand their infrastructure needs and enhance the system to support them.
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 products business value.
Improve the products test automation and deployment practices to enable the team to deliver features more efficiently.
Operate the product in production including release management and production support.
Qualifications
At least 5 years of experience developing production software
Strong Python skills with at least two years of experience writing production code
At least two years of experience with Linux administration and scripting
At least one year of experience with Amazon Web Services as a developer and administrator especially writing CloudFormation templates. Experience working with these AWS Services: EC2 EMR S3 SQS Lambda IAM Networking services (VPCs Security Groups etc.) STS SSM
Experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes)
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Experience writing automated unit integration regression performance and acceptance tests
Solid understanding of software design principles
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 teams technical practices
Ability to quickly learn apply and deploy new technologies to solve emerging problems
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 Macs 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 timeFLSA Status:ExemptFreddie 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 $130000 - $196000 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.Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
