Full Stack Software Engineering Technical Lead (CI/CD Platform)

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Freddie Mac is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineering Technical Lead to design and deliver a CI/CD platform. You will build the PDM Portal UI and services, craft cloud infrastructure patterns with Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation, and align solutions with Freddie Mac’s architecture standards.

You will drive reference architectures (microservices, event-driven, serverless), create ADRs, and develop tooling to simplify consumption.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in application solution architecture applied to enterprise systems.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in languages and frameworks including Java, Angular, and Spring Boot.
• Strong Python development skills or equivalent, including: building CLIs, automation scripts, and service backends (e.g., FastAPI).
• Packaging and dependency management (pip/Poetry), virtual environments.
• Testing frameworks (pytest), coverage, and mocking.
• AWS experience (EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway) and AWS SDKs (boto3).
• 3+ years of backend service development, incl. RESTful API design.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms and related technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure design and resiliency patterns.
• Hands-on with CI/CD (Jenkins), containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes operators/controllers.
• Experience with APIs, Microservices, Event Streaming, Logging & Monitoring, Databases (SQL, NOSQL), Containers, Serverless Frameworks, DevOps.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the PDM Portal UI and services.
• Develop advanced cloud infrastructure patterns using Terraform, Helm Charts, and/or CloudFormation as required.
• Ensure solution architecture aligns with business objectives, roadmaps, and Freddie Mac’s architecture principles and standards.
• Define and compare solutions to determine the optimal solutions for business needs.
• Design reference application architectures (e.g., microservices, event‑driven, serverless) and create ADRs to document trade‑offs and standards.
• Build tooling and services (CLIs, automation scripts, service scaffolds, and lightweight APIs) that simplify infrastructure consumption.
• Develop templates for cloud infrastructure that application teams can consume.
• Define and champion design for platform components and reference apps to ensure consistency, resiliency, and testability.
• Establish guardrails and golden paths for observability, secrets management, configuration, and deployment across services.
• Test designed components for production usage at scale (functional, performance, resiliency, security).
• Ensure that delivered capabilities align with business objectives; measure adoption and developer experience outcomes.
• Partner with internal collaborators and develop strong stakeholder relationships across architecture, security, networking, platform, and application teams.

Skills

Java

Angular

Spring Boot

Python

CI/CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

FastAPI

boto3

S3

DynamoDB

RDS

Terraform

Helm

CloudFormation

Job description

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:

Are you seeking a challenging environment to grow your career and work with modern technologies that drive enterprise innovation? The Freddie Mac Single Family Acquisitions PDM Platform Team is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineering Technical Lead, focusing on the design and delivery of a CI/CD platform.

Our Impact:

Enable business innovation to deliver software faster and more efficiently via predictive methodology, automated impact assessments, automated testing, automated cloud infrastructure provisioning, and automated deployment

Your Impact:

• Design and develop the PDM Portal UI and services

• Develop advanced cloud infrastructure patterns using Terraform, Helm Charts, and/or CloudFormation as required

• Ensure solution architecture aligns with business objectives, roadmaps, and strategic solutions, as well as to Freddie Mac’s architecture principles and standards.

• Define and compare solutions to determine the optimal solutions for business needs.

• Design reference application architectures (e.g., microservices, event‑driven, serverless) and create architecture decision records (ADRs) to document trade‑offs and standards for platform consumers

• Build tooling and services (CLIs, automation scripts, service scaffolds, and lightweight APIs) that simplify infrastructure consumption and bootstrap app teams

• Develop templates for cloud infrastructure that application teams can consume, reducing the depth of IaC expertise required for safe automation

• Define and champion design for platform components and reference apps to ensure consistency, resiliency, and testability

• Establish guardrails and golden paths for observability, secrets management, configuration, and deployment across multiple services

• Test designed components for production usage at scale (functional, performance, resiliency, and security testing)

• Ensure that delivered capabilities align with business objectives; measure adoption and developer experience outcomes

• Partner with internal collaborators and develop strong stakeholder relationships across architecture, security, networking, platform, and application teams

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in application solution architecture applied to enterprise systems.

• 8 + years of hand-on experience in languages and frameworks including Java, Angular, and Spring Boot

• Strong Python development skills or equivalent, including:

  • Building CLIs, automation scripts, and service backends (e.g., FastAPI)

  • Packaging and dependency management (pip/Poetry), virtual environments

  • Testing frameworks (pytest), coverage, and mocking

  • Working with AWS SDKs (boto3), file storage (S3) and data services (DynamoDB/RDS)

• 3+ years of backend service development, including RESTful API design and implementation

• Experience with CI/CD platforms and related technologies.

• Exposure working with AWS services like EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.

• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure design and resiliency patterns (multi‑AZ, auto‑scaling, service quotas, failure domains)

• Desire to automate, standardize, and scale consumption for end users; hands‑on with CI/CD (Jenkins), containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes operators/controllers

• Hands-on experience with multiple technologies like APIs, Microservices, Event Streaming, Logging & Monitoring, Databases (SQL, NOSQL), Containers, Serverless Frameworks, DevOps, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience required. Aadvanced studies/degree preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Highly motivated and self-driven professional

• Strong hands‑on technical skills with modern technologies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong partnership and collaboration skills

• Strong leadership skills

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.

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 $149,000 - $223,000 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.