Senior Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. Freddie Mac scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Role overview
It is an exciting time to be a part of Freddie Mac! We are searching for a highly innovative Senior Software Engineer to join our team. Interested in learning more? Read on!
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!
Do you:
- embrace change and innovation, and push the boundaries of what is possible?
- embody Agile delivery at the core of your culture?
- have rock solid tech skills that will drive teams and organizational direction on solutions and architecture. You will bring modern approaches and know where the landmines are.
- have full stack covered with all key modern languages under your belt?
- You are going to have to get into all parts of the code, as well as implement some of it, so you will need to know this stuff up and down!
Our Impact:
Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Line of Business is in the throes of a major digital modernization and transformation. We are changing the way we work every day.
Your Impact:
You will be a mentor to the team, driving full (and accurate) adoption of modern software engineering and delivery practices (Real Agile, TDD, ATDD, Stateless Design, Microservices, Containerization, etc.)
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 -8 years of professional experience
- A minimum of 5 + years of experience engineering exciting solutions
- 4 + years of relevant experience leading modernized development teams
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience; advanced studies and degree preferred
- Deep knowledge and experience in designing for and implementing solutions in the cloud (AWS). This can range from custom code on IaaS/PaaS to SaaS solution integrations.
- Experience in Event driven development.
- Good communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT.
- Languages: Java, Angular, node.js, Python,
- Modern Tools: Jenkins, Cucumber, Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket), Git
- DBs: PostgreSQL, Mongo
- Cloud: AWS
- Other: EKS, Docker, Openshift
Keys to Success in this Role:
- Collaborative demeanor
- Strive to be innovative
- Thoughtful and inspiring leader
- Natural mentor and leader who inspires and develops high-performing teams
Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.
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Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status: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 $129,000 - $193,000 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.