Software Engineer - McLean, United States - Freddie Mac

Description

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Employees, contingent workers and visitors are no longer required to show proof of vaccination to be on-site. Effective January 2023, Freddie Mac's hybrid work arrangement is 3 days in the office (specifically Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday).

Position Overview:

Are you someone who loves on-prem and cloud data (unstructured/ semi-structured, structured)? Do you want your work to be meaningful and make an impact in the housing industry? Apply now and learn why there's #MoreAtFreddieMac

Our Impact:

The Innovation, Data Engineering and Analytics (IDEA) under Freddie Mac's Single-Family Division is currently seeking a Risk System Development Prof to implement tools and methods of risk evaluation, build and manage credit data, and perform research and analytics as a member of the Analytics and Reporting team. We are seeking a confident, self-motivated, and creative professional to focus on data analysis for BI tools and reporting.

Your Impact:

• Interact with business teams and other stakeholders to understand and business needs and develop business requirements, business rules, business test cases and work with management to prioritize, support the process life cycle and to report back to the stakeholders
• Collaborate with the team to identify the process improvements, recommend solutions, successfully complete the POCs and implement
• Perform data extract, analyze raw data for anomalies, understand and apply the data rules and relationships, visualize data to get insights and support data decisions
• Support data consumers to facilitate their reporting and analysis activities
• Ability to Understand the data issues, break them into components, and interpreting the data sets and provide the recommendation to enhance the data
• Gain in-depth understanding of source data and related controls to ensure integrity of reporting and analysis
• Assist in the preparation of timely, accurate and effective technical data controls
• Apply basic understanding of standard risk management and controls assurance principles, theories, concepts, and techniques where applicable

Qualifications:

• Bachelors (or) Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• Data analysis experience, with a combination of business and technical skills
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong SQL, Excel and programming skills using SAS, Python/R
• Data Warehouse/Data Marts, Data Modeling, Database understanding
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Micro-strategy, or Tableau
• Works closely with SMEs to gain experience and develop expertise with Freddie Mac data and systems
• Familiarity with structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sets (XML, JSON, etc), processing and analyzing them

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability to changes
• Strong organizational and time management skills and can work on multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities 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.

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The anticipated annualized base salary range for this position is $119,000 to $179,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.