Software Engineer, Associate II

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Freddie Mac in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer, Associate II to drive technical execution for agile teams. This hands-on role partners with Product, Architecture, Platform/DevOps, and Security to deliver secure, cloud-based software.

You will work to ensure production-ready software with automated testing, CI/CD, and robust observability, while applying best practices across the SDLC. The position emphasizes reliability, monitoring, and collaboration across teams to modernize

Qualifications

• Typically 1-3 years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications and services.
• Cloud experience, notably AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, CloudWatch).
• SDLC skills: CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, branching strategies, and release practices.
• Observability (metrics, logs, traces) and production support practices (incident triage, RCA).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into actionable technical plans, enabling iterative delivery and managing risks.
• Drive engineering excellence with secure coding, rigorous testing, and performance standards.
• Collaborate with Agile leads to optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for production readiness.
• Help teams deliver modern, secure, cloud-based solutions by setting clear technical direction.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Observability

Production support

Communication skills

Security/compliance

Multi-language/frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

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. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

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.

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.

CA Applicants

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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.