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Position OverviewFreddie Mac is seeking a Software Engineer, Associate II to drive technical execution and engineering excellence for one or more agile delivery teams. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who partners with Product, Architecture, Platform/DevOps, and Security.
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Our Impact
Translate requirements into actionable technical plans, enabling iterative delivery by breaking down problems, identifying dependencies, and managing risks. Engineering excellence is maintained through secure coding, rigorous testing, and performance standards, with automation integrated into the SDLC. Reliability is enhanced by implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting, while continuous improvement is driven by retrospectives and managing technical debt. Collaboration with Agile Development Leads focuses on optimizing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation, ensuring production readiness through effective release planning and validation.
Your Impact
You will help teams deliver modern, secure, cloud-based solutions by setting clear technical direction, breaking down complex problems, and ensuring software is built to be resilient, observable, and maintainable in production.
Qualifications
- Typically 1-3 years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications and services.
- College Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Cloud experience, particularly AWS (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, CloudWatch; CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform).
- SDLC skills: CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, branching strategies, and release practices.
- Working knowledge of observability (metrics, logs, traces) and production support practices (incident triage, RCA).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Keys to Success
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and/or supporting cloud migrations.
- Familiarity with security and compliance expectations in regulated environments (e.g., data protection, access controls, auditability).
- Experience with multiple languages/frameworks and a “best tool for the job” mindset.
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.
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Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status:Non-ExemptFreddie 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 $85,000 - $127,000 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.Skills Required
- 1-3 years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications and services
- College degree or equivalent experience
- Cloud experience, particularly AWS, including services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch
- Experience with CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform
- Software development lifecycle skills, including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, branching strategies, and release practices
- Working knowledge of observability, including metrics, logs, and traces
- Production support experience, including incident triage and root-cause analysis
- Excellent communication skills for explaining technical concepts and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or supporting cloud migrations
- Familiarity with security and compliance expectations in regulated environments
- Experience with multiple programming languages and frameworks
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Freddie Mac Insights
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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