Freddie Mac

Software Engineer, Associate II

Freddie Mac$85K — $127K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of experience in software engineering creating production-grade applications.
  • Preferred college degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with cloud technologies, especially AWS services.
  • Understanding of SDLC practices including CI/CD and automated testing.
  • Familiarity with observability techniques and production support processes.

Responsibilities

  • Translate product requirements into technical plans for agile teams.
  • Drive engineering excellence through secure coding and thorough testing.
  • Manage risks and dependencies within project delivery.
  • Collaborate to optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
  • Ensure cloud-based solutions are resilient and maintainable.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package.
  • Market-leading benefit programs available.
  • Participation in an annual incentive program.
Full Job Description
Position Overview

Freddie 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.

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.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Non-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 $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.

About Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac is vital to a strong U.S. housing system, providing liquidity to the mortgage market under all economic conditions while ensuring the safety and soundness. As a trusted leader in housing finance, we guide the industry in meeting the needs of lenders and lowering the cost of housing for America's families.
Learn more about Freddie Mac
Size
7,284 employees
Industry
Founded
1970
NASDAQ

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