Software Engineering Manager

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.

We work on the end-to-end delivery of software product design and development using full stack technologies. We contribute to the solution delivery. The individual would support the technology and tools changes/improvements on the delivery processes. Be a role model and a technical mentor to junior developers. Work collaboratively with the other open minded, technology savvy and dedicated team members!

Partner with technical team to design technical solutions to complex business use cases that align with target state architecture and conforms with corporate standard methodologies. Provide technical guidance to the project team members, lead design and code reviews. Train, mentor and provide thought leadership to junior developers.

Analyze the Business requirements and come up with design options that align with the technical roadmap and build proof of concepts as needed. Design and develop Micro Services based solutions using Java/JEE frameworks, UI frameworks, Docker and Open Shift. Work on the technical upgrades/migrations including but not limited to middleware, database and PAM workflow to the cloud Assess opportunities for application and process improvements, optimizations & performance tuning for Java/JEE applications.

Design scaling strategies and develops automation scripts and solutions Provide mentorship on build automation using Dockers & Containers, and Orchestration technologies like Open Shift / Kubernetes/EKS and Atlassian tool suite. Also ensure application stability by implementing monitoring solutions for all layers of the infrastructure Support the team in solving issues and come up with timely resolutions to address them.

The position will also ensure alignment between project activities and accepted scope and negotiate with the business, vendors and other stakeholders on changes to scope. This role will own full end-to-end delivery of software products, portfolio & budget management and will also be responsible for managing team members of varying professional level.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience engineering exciting solutions with at least 2 years + in management role is MUST
• Experience with managing large teams (more than 10) performing software development or infrastructure upgrades is a MUST
• Solid understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers, batch and database
• Knowledge / hands‑on experience on multiple technologies such as:
  Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML 5, SQL, Web Logic and CSS
• Database technologies - MongoDB, Postgres, etc.
• Information and application security including firewall, AD, TAM/PING, LDAP, certificates, public key encryption, SSH, access credentials, etc.
• Large microservice based architectures, container orchestration frameworks
• Build automation / CICD pipeline integration tools (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, GIT, Bitbucket, Spinnaker)
• Sound Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and frameworks
• Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/Google
• Excellent communication skills

• Build strong partnerships with the business and across IT to help advise strategic decisions as well as drive tactical implementations.
• Very strong communication skills, you will be responsible for interfacing and…