Freddie Mac · 2 months ago
Software Engineer, Technical Lead (Gen AI Engineering)
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expFreddie Mac is dedicated to making home possible for millions of families and is seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer, Technical Lead (Gen AI) to lead the design and development of Generative AI solutions. This role involves creating scalable applications and collaborating with cross-functional teams to address complex business challenges using advanced AI technologies.
FinanceFinancial ServicesRisk Management
Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable Full Stack Gen AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, and applications to address diverse and complex business use cases
Design and implement feature engineering workflows to extract relevant signals from structured and unstructured data, enhancing the performance of LLM-powered products
Ensure that data used by AI applications is clean, well-structured, and optimized for model consumption
Establish feedback mechanisms where outputs from LLM models are analyzed and used to enrich and improve the underlying data sources, creating a virtuous cycle for product improvement
Design and deploy Python-based microservices for robust orchestration and integration with Gen AI Large Language Models (LLMs)
Integrate machine learning models such as LLMs, RAG, and multi-modal AI into the application architecture
Implement solutions leveraging modern design patterns and best practices for full stack development
Build and maintain RESTful APIs to enable seamless communication between different system components
Collaborate with cross-functional teams of full stack engineers, data engineers and Gen AI experts to build full-stack Gen AI experiences
Lead DevOps initiatives, including CI/CD pipelines, to ensure scalable and efficient deployment of Gen AI applications
Stay updated with advances in LLMs, vector search, prompt engineering and retrieval strategies to continuously improve system capabilities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, IT or a related field
8-10 years of experience in software development
5+ years of experience in applied AI/ML engineering
Strong proficiency in Python and experience with LangChain or similar framework
Experience in data transformation, cleansing, and feature engineering to prepare data for AI/ML models
Knowledge of implementing APIs, microservices and distributed systems within cloud environment
Familiarity with AWS services is expected
Strong programming skills and familiarity with AI/ML libraries and frameworks
Solid understanding of MLOps/DataOps pipelines for scalable AI/ML development
Experience with logging, tracing and observability frameworks
Exposure to LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering and model evaluation is must
Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional agile teams with a proven ability to collaborate with data engineers to ensure data readiness and quality for Gen AI solutions
Preferred
Advanced studies/degree preferred
Experience with managed LLM platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI or GCP Vertex AI is a plus
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
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
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