Advisor Software Engineer (AI/ML)

Fannie Mae; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Broad range of health benefits

Life and voluntary lifestyle benefits

Support for physical, mental, and financial well-being

Job summary

Fannie Mae is looking for an Advisor Software Engineer specializing in AI/ML technologies to design and implement innovative solutions. Located in Reston, Virginia, the role demands extensive software engineering experience, particularly in Python and cloud-natives like AWS.

The successful candidate will work independently at a managerial level, focusing on software architecture, development, and collaboration across projects. Compensation ranges from $155,000 to $209,000, indicating competitive pay for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience designing and developing applications.
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend services and AI/ML applications.
• Experience with AWS cloud-native development patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions across multiple projects.
• Lead matrixed teams in software development.
• Coordinate implementation tasks across diverse teams.

Skills

Python development

Software engineering

API development

Cloud-native development

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. As an Advisor Software Engineer (AI/ML), you will design, produce, test, or implement software, technology, or processes across multiple projects, programs, or products, and create and maintain IT architecture, large‑scale data stores, and cloud‑based systems.

Location: Reston, VA. This role is an independent contributor at the manager level. Compensation: $155,000 – $209,000.

The Impact You Will Make

• Determine the needs of the customer groups across multiple projects, programs, or products while identifying and resolving conflicting or complementary needs across customer groups.
• Design and develop software solutions to meet needs and may also lead matrixed teams.
• Apply extensive expertise in process‑driven approach in designing solutions.
• Implement new software technology and coordinate simultaneous implementation tasks across teams.
• Oversee the maintenance of existing software.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Experiences

• 6years of hands‑on software engineering experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable enterprise applications and cloud‑native solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Python development, including backend services, APIs, automation, data processing workflows, and production‑ready AI/ML applications.
• Strong skills in system design and architecture, including scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable solution design.
• Experience building API‑driven solutions, including REST APIs, microservices, service orchestration, secure API development, and enterprise system integrations.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud‑native development, including serverless, event‑driven, containerized, and distributed application patterns.
• Experience with SQL and data platforms, including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or similar relational and analytical database technologies.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and maintenance.
• Experience with engineering best practices, including secure coding, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, performance tuning, and production issue resolution.
• Experience collaborating with technical and business stakeholders, including translating business needs into technical solutions and communicating risks, trade‑offs, and delivery impacts.

Desired Experiences

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Experience designing and delivering AI‑enabled enterprise software solutions, including GenAI applications, intelligent automation, AI‑assisted workflows, and AI‑driven decision support.
• Experience with MLOps, vector databases, embedding‑based search, MCP‑based tool integration, and enterprise AI governance practices.
• Experience writing technical papers, invention disclosures, patent‑supporting documentation, or reusable engineering playbooks for emerging technology solutions.
• Experience with testing strategies and tools, including unit, integration, functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework, Agile methodology, cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, and enterprise delivery practices.
• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to collaborate across stakeholders, influence outcomes, and support strategic enterprise technology initiatives.

AWS Cloud Technologies

• Hands‑on AWS software engineering experience, including application development using AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, and cloud‑native deployment patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with core AWS services, including AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon API Gateway, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and Step Functions.
• Experience with AWS AI/ML services, including Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and AWS‑based model deployment or inference patterns.
• Experience with containers and DevOps practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management.
• Understanding of cloud security and compliance practices, including IAM, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, logging, and secure application design.

AI/ML and GenAI Technologies

• Hands‑on experience in machine learning, AI engineering, data science, or applied AI solution development.
• Hands‑on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Amazon Bedrock, or similar enterprise AI platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Python and AI/ML libraries, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit‑learn, Pandas, NumPy, and related ML frameworks.
• Experience building Retrieval‑Augmented Generation solutions, including embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, document retrieval, chunking strategies, prompt grounding, and response evaluation.
• Experience with LLM application patterns, including prompt engineering, guardrails, model evaluation, tool/function calling, agentic workflows, and responsible AI considerations.
• Familiarity with AI application frameworks and tools, such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, FastAPI, MCP tools, vector databases, and API‑based AI service integration.
• Experience with model development and deployment practices, including feature engineering, model serving, model monitoring, MLOps, and productionizing AI/ML capabilities.

Leadership and Innovation Skills

• Proven experience leading technical delivery within software engineering teams, including solution direction, task assignment, progress monitoring, issue resolution, and delivery accountability.
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers, including technical guidance, code review feedback, design support, and professional development.
• Ability to influence technical decisions and engineering practices, including architecture discussions, design trade‑offs, quality improvements, and adoption of modern AI/ML and cloud engineering standards.
• Experience partnering with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, risk, security, and operations teams to deliver solutions aligned with business outcomes and enterprise standards.
• Ability to produce high‑quality technical documentation, including architecture papers, solution design documents, technical white papers, AI/ML implementation guides, and executive‑ready technical summaries.
• Experience contributing to innovation artifacts, such as invention disclosures, patent‑supporting technical writeups, proof‑of‑concept documentation, and publication‑ready technical papers when applicable.

Fannie Mae is an equal‑opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form.

As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of health, life, voluntary lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee’s physical, mental, emotional, and financial well‑being.