Trading & Analytics Model Developer - Technical Lead

Freddie Mac is hiring a Trading Analytics Development Technical Lead to support its Investments and Capital Markets (I&CM) trading and analytics development team in Virginia. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building and modernizing full-stack applications and services that support production delivery.

Working onsite in McLean, VA, you will lead engineering execution across a Java and Python technology stack, influence technical direction, and partner with product and architecture stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions.

Role responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software using Java and Python in alignment with software engineering best practices.
• Make and shape technical decisions, mentor developers, resolve engineering blockers, and coordinate with engineering managers to support delivery.
• Provide hands-on technical direction for full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, and integration services, reinforcing discipline across design, development, testing, deployment, observability, and production readiness.
• Partner with Product Owners, engineering managers, architecture, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams to align technical priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver business outcomes.
• Drive design and implementation of Java-based microservices, REST APIs, front-end applications, and integration services using modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Angular or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Build proofs of concept, demos, and prototypes to assess emerging technologies and validate new ideas.
• Establish and reinforce engineering standards for scalable design, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, application security, and operational readiness.
• Ensure solutions account for compliance, auditability, security, resiliency, accessibility, and production support considerations.
• Improve production support practices through incident triage, root-cause analysis, observability, recovery patterns, and continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.
• Mentor developers through design reviews, code reviews, technical problem solving, implementation guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience, including demonstrated technical leadership guiding teams through complex application delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading software development across full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, platform modernization, integration services, and production enhancements.
• Hands-on or technical leadership experience with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch, Spring Data, REST APIs, microservices architecture, Angular or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Python application development using Pandas, Django, Flask, and Pytests.
• Strong foundation in full-stack engineering, application architecture, API design, enterprise integration patterns, application security, performance and resiliency, and delivery of scalable digital products.
• Experience establishing and applying engineering standards including scalability, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, performance optimization, compliance, auditability, and production readiness.
• Experience supporting production reliability through incident triage, root-cause analysis, observability, resiliency improvements, and operational readiness practices.
• Strong technical leadership skills: mentoring, coaching, peer review, influencing without direct authority, and practical engineering guidance.
• Ability to coordinate technical dependencies with vendors, Product Owners, architecture teams, business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams.
• Knowledge of automated CI/CD processes and DevOps methodology, including tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Docker, Artifactory, and GitHub Copilot.

Technologies

• Java, Python, Pandas, Django, Flask, Pytests
• Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch, Spring Data
• REST APIs, microservices architecture
• Angular, React, SQL, relational databases
• CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, AWS
• Jenkins, SonarQube, Docker, Artifactory, GitHub Copilot

Compensation and benefits

• Salary: USD 147,000 - 221,000 per year
• Comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs
• Annual incentive program

Keys to success

• Promote collaboration and a culture of integrity and professionalism.
• Work with accountability and pride.
• Bring hands-on technical strength.
• Communicate clearly and drive progress with a focus on getting the job done.
• Stay agile and open-minded to embrace new technologies.
• Take on a wide range of tasks to keep momentum moving forward.