The Split: True Full Stack role with a heavy emphasis on UI / Front End. Front End Framework: React (Core UI framework). Languages & Libraries: TypeScript and AG Grid are big pluses (highly preferred, though TS is not a hard requirement). Back End: Java 21 and Spring Boot. Key Tasks: Primarily building new services and integrating existing APIs with new ones to aggregate multiple data sets. Domain & Soft Skills Finance Background: Prior experience in financial services is a major plus. Domain Knowledge: Fixed Income knowledge is highly preferred. Communication: Must have strong soft skills; the ability to sit down and talk directly to customers/business users is a big plus. Position Overview Freddie Mac’s Investments & Capital Markets division is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Developer to join the team building our Derivative Analytics platform — a sophisticated, user-facing application that interfaces directly with the firm’s risk models and analytics engines. In this role, you will own the design and development of a modern React frontend which integrates with a Spring Boot backend, enabling financial analysts and quants to model securities quickly, accurately, and intuitively. You’ll work closely with business stakeholders, quantitative analysts, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions in a financial environment. Key Responsibilities · Frontend Development: Design and build responsive, performant UIs in React (with TypeScript preferred) that allow users to configure, run, and visualize results across multiple security types. · Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, maintainable code backed by comprehensive automated tests using React Testing Library / Jest, with strong unit and integration coverage. · Technical Debt & Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and resolve defects, reduce technical debt, and champion software engineering best practices across the codebase. · Collaboration & Delivery: Coordinate across the full stack — data, services, APIs, and infrastructure — to deliver end-to-end. · Design & Code Reviews: Actively contribute to architecture discussions, pull request reviews, and technical documentation with a focus on thoughtful, scalable design. Required Qualifications · 5+ years of professional software development experience, with strong proficiency in TypeScript and React, including component architecture, state management (e.g., Redux, Zustand, or React Query), and API integration. · 2–3 years of experience with Git in a collaborative, team-based development workflow (branching strategies, PRs, code reviews). · Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business conversations. · Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving ability. Preferred Qualifications · Graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline. · Familiarity with relational databases and writing complex SQL queries. · Experience with message brokers or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) in a financial services context. · Experience developing a Spring Boot backend · Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipeline tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.). · Experience using JIRA or similar tools for Agile planning, sprint tracking, and delivery management. · Prior experience in financial services, capital markets, or fintech environments. · Proficiency with shell scripting for automation, deployment support, and operational troubleshooting. · Working knowledge of fixed income concepts: duration, convexity, spread, option-adjusted spread (OAS), and related derivatives. Job Responsibilities Key Responsibilities · Frontend Development: Design and build responsive, performant UIs in React (with TypeScript preferred) that allow users to configure, run, and visualize results across multiple security types. · Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, maintainable code backed by comprehensive automated tests using React Testing Library / Jest, with strong unit and integration coverage. · Technical Debt & Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and resolve defects, reduce technical debt, and champion software engineering best practices across the codebase. · Collaboration & Delivery: Coordinate across the full stack — data, services, APIs, and infrastructure — to deliver end-to-end. · Design & Code Reviews: Actively contribute to architecture discussions, pull request reviews, and technical documentation with a focus on thoughtful, scalable design Industry
