Senior Software Engineer

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McLean, VA, USA
In-Office
127K-191K Annually
Financial Services
The Role

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview: 

Do you love coding and embrace change and innovation and push the boundaries of what is possible while helping people grow in their career path? We are searching for a highly innovative Senior Developer to join our team. Interested in learning more? Read on! 

At Freddie Mac, we are in the process of digital transformation and modernization and we want you to be a part of it! You will get to show off your skills as a full stack software engineer, and will influence outcomes, guide transformation, and put your stamp on how the team and organization evolves. We need you to use your experience and success in coaching and transforming technical teams to shift to a modern execution model. The journey is wide open with possibilities! 

Our Impact: 

As part of Single Family Securitization organization, our vision is to create a scalable, innovative platform to support Freddie Mac Single Family Securitization Operations. Our team is responsible for providing solutions for all business areas at Freddie Maci.e. Single Family, Multi-Family and Capital Markets to improve operational efficiencies and provide better business value and faster time to market. 

Your Impact: 

  • Developing software solutions by studying organizational needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.  

  • Follow established methodology and controls guidelines. Maintain agility and quality throughout development process.  

  • Documenting Technical Design, Interface Specifications and Unit Testing.  

  • Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations or solutions  

  • Demonstrating ownership of problems, issues, or requests from start to finish and facilitating appropriate handoffs   

  • Ensuring that “Best Practices” for development activities (e.g. code reviews, unit testing, etc.) are followed through the project life-cycle   

 
Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience; advanced studies and degree preferred 

  • A minimum of 5 - 7 years of experience engineering software solutions for business and operational capabilities

  • 5+ years of experience in developing applications using Java/J2EE technologies, preferably in Unix environment.  

  • Advanced understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, caching, application servers, & load balancers  

  • Hands-on experience on multiple technologies such as:  Java/J2EE & middleware (WebLogic, Apache, Spring Boot, etc.) technologies in UNIX environment and Scripting languages such as UNIX Shell  

  • Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, GIT, Bitbucket, Artifactory, etc.)  

  • Relational databases (Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)  

  • Information and application security including LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc. 

  • Good communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT. 

  • Experience with Groovy

  • Modern Tools: Jenkins, Cucumber, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket), Git 

  • Cloud: AWS 

  • Other: EKS, Docker, Openshift,

 

Keys to Success in this Role: 

  • You embrace change and innovation. 

  • Encouraging a Continuous Exploration process and likes to take on challenges with calculated risk. 

  • Passion for driving value to customers and excitement for modern delivery (CI/CD) process. 

  • Ability to work quickly on delivery and able to apply risk-based approach to prioritize work 

  • Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, and identify process improvements and efficiencies opportunities 

  • Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills  

  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals.  

  • Motivated to learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies.  

  • Takes accountability, sets expectations, and delivers high quality technical solutions

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

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $127,000 - $191,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

Freddie Mac Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freddie Mac and has not been reviewed or approved by Freddie Mac.

  • Healthcare Strength Health, dental, and vision insurance are consistently described as core offerings, supported by disability and life insurance coverage. Wellbeing support is reinforced through resources like a wellness center and related health programs.
  • Retirement Support Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout element, including a 401(k) with a strong match structure and additional retirement-related features. Profit sharing and pension-plan references further increase the perceived depth of long-term financial support.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-oriented benefits are described as extensive, including paid leave for new mothers and parental leave for spouses/domestic partners. Fertility coverage, adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, and back-up child/elder care add practical support across multiple family needs.

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The Company
HQ: McLean, VA
9,809 Employees
Year Founded: 1970

What We Do

Freddie Mac is serving America’s homebuyers, homeowners and renters by financing the creation and preservation of more affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, providing liquidity, stability and affordability to the housing market. We are Making Home Possible for families across the nation.

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