Freddie Mac · 5 hours ago
Quantitative Analytics Tech Lead
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$143K/yr - $215K/yr
3+ years expFreddie Mac is dedicated to making home possible for millions of families across the country. They are seeking a Quantitative Analytics Technical Lead to develop and execute statistical models and applications that support business and risk decisions within the Credit Risk Model Team.
FinanceFinancial ServicesRisk Management
Responsibilities
Developing analytical methods and models that assess the credit risk of new and existing financial and mortgage products
Providing innovative, detailed and practical solutions to an extensive range of fast paced and complicated problems
Developing and validating loss forecasting models, conducting research on improvements to the existing models, and applying industry standard methodologies and techniques to meet various business needs
Coordinating the testing through the model implementation, conducting back tests to monitor the model performance, and performing economic tests and stress tests to validate the model forecast results
Providing modeling and analytical support to a line of business or product area, functioning as day-to-day technical specialist
Preparing documentation for the technical analytics and rationale through the model development to comply with model oversight and support model review for approval
Working under limited direction, independently determining and developing approach to solutions
Qualification
Required
PhD in Statistics, Math, Economics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field with at least 3 years of related post-graduate work experience; or Master degree with at least 5 years of related experience
At least three years of experience in model development including logistic regression
Strong programming skills in SAS, SQL and Unix
Experience with programming language such as Python, R, VBA, Java or C++
Experience working with large data sets and relational database
Experience working with mortgage or consumer credit risk models, prepayment models and severity models
Experience with competing-risk hazard models, transition models, loss forecasting and stress testing
Experience in data science, machine learning and related technologies
Preferred
Outstanding quantitative, empirical analysis, and research skills
Solid understanding of econometric models, tools and techniques
Strong programming skills
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Market-leading benefit programs
Annual incentive program
Company
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac is a public government-sponsored enterprise that provides mortgage capital to lenders.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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$3.58BKey Investors
DLP Capital
2025-12-30Post Ipo Debt· $108.4M
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Leadership Team
Dennis G. Hermonstyne
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Peter Lillestolen
Vice President - MF Production and Sales, Targeted Affordable Housing
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