Freddie Mac · 2 hours ago
Software Engineer, Senior
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$127K/yr - $191K/yr
5+ years expFreddie Mac is committed to Making Home Possible, having helped over 90 million families since 1970. The Senior Software Engineer will lead technical strategy and ensure alignment of implementations with architectural solutions while providing technical leadership to a team focused on developing data components and applications.
FinanceFinancial ServicesRisk Management
Responsibilities
Lead the technical strategy, advocating for simplicity and challenging constraints to achieve Agile design
Engage in problem-solving, balancing visionary leadership with execution
Ensure that technical implementations align with architectural solutions
Provide technical leadership to a team responsible for developing data components and applications for Modern Delivery teams
Guide the team to meet project goals and development schedules by ensuring solutions adhere to technical specifications and design requirements
Make critical technical and architectural decisions, influencing the design of technology, infrastructure, and system configuration to optimize scalability and capacity
Analyze business requirements, propose design options aligned with the technical roadmap, and develop microservices-based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker, and OpenShift
Handle technical upgrades and migrations, focusing on middleware, database transitions to the cloud, and enhancing application performance and scalability
Design scaling strategies, develop automation scripts, and mentor in build automation using Docker and container technologies, as well as orchestration tools like OpenShift, Kubernetes, EKS, and the Atlassian tool suite
Provide proactive advice throughout the development lifecycle to prevent and address quality issues early
Develop model applications and microservices based on Java web services frameworks, and train and mentor junior staff
Work on fixing software security vulnerabilities identified in SAST and FOSS scanning, contribute to design and code reviews, and document lessons learned to maintain a knowledge database
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 5-7 years of experience engineering exciting solutions
Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience. Advanced studies/degree preferred
5 + years of demonstrated experience working in modernized development teams
At least 5+ years of experience developing front end & orchestration layers' technologies: Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML 5, and CSS
2+ years of experience in database technologies - MongoDB, Postgres, etc
2+ Experience developing with large microservice based architectures, container orchestration frameworks
3+ years of experience using DevOps (CI/CD) Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, Spinnaker, JUnit, Cypress, Cucumber JS unit testing library
2+ years' experience with cloud platforms AWS/Azure/Google
Excellent communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT
Preferred
Advanced studies/degree preferred
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Market-leading benefit programs
Eligible to participate in the annual incentive program
Company
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac is a public government-sponsored enterprise that provides mortgage capital to lenders.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.58BKey Investors
DLP Capital
2025-12-30Post Ipo Debt· $108.4M
2025-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $343.2M
2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $707M
Leadership Team
Dennis G. Hermonstyne
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Peter Lillestolen
Vice President - MF Production and Sales, Targeted Affordable Housing
Recent News
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