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Senior Software Engineer

Freddie Mac

McLean, Virginiafull-timePosted 1 day ago

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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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: The Senior Software Engineer provides strategic technical leadership, championing architectural excellence and driving innovation across the development lifecycle. This role balances visionary thinking with hands-on execution, fostering a culture of simplicity while constructively challenging technical constraints to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions. Our Impact: The BTO amplifies IT delivery effectiveness across Modern Delivery Digital teams by seamlessly integrating development, testing, and operations capabilities. This unified approach leverages diverse skills, proven processes, modern practices, and integrated tooling to enable large-scale service delivery with exceptional speed, reliability, and quality. Your Impact: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will guide a high-performing team in designing and delivering data-driven components and applications that power Modern Delivery initiatives. Your responsibilities span three critical areas: Technical Leadership & Architecture Lead critical technical and architectural decisions that shape system design, infrastructure strategy, and configuration optimization. Analyze business requirements, propose design alternatives aligned with the technical roadmap, and architect microservices-based solutions leveraging Java/JEE frameworks, modern UI technologies, Docker, and OpenShift. Direct technical upgrades and migrations—including middleware modernization, cloud database transitions, and performance optimization—while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards. DevOps & Infrastructure Excellence Design and implement scaling strategies, develop automation frameworks, and mentor teams in build auto

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