Agile Development Director (Software Engineering Director) - Multifamily Technology

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

1d•$203,000 - $305,000

About The Position

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: We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineering Director with proven expertise in designing, building, and scaling data solutions. This role requires not only strong technical depth but also the ability to lead, mentor, and inspire teams of data engineers. You will be responsible for driving the technical strategy, design, and implementation of our data platform to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence across the organization. This role uniquely combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic thinking, requiring someone who can design & deliver solutions for today while building capabilities for tomorrow’s AI-driven landscape. Our Impact: The Multifamily Technology supports the multifamily business by crafting and creating solutions to a variety of technology challenges. This support takes many forms, including deploying new technologies such as web based solutions driven by AI and microservices, and maintaining critical underwriting and accounting applications. Your Impact: Drive the technical vision for next-generation applications incorporating AI capabilities. Implement responsible AI practices and ensure ethical AI deployments. Communicate complex technical ideas clearly and lead teams towards shared goals. Lead the adoption of AI-powered development tools and practices. Perform code reviews to ensure code is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for performance. Balance technical leadership & savvy with strong business judgement to make the right decisions about engineering choices. Design solutions that balance innovation with reliability and security Build reusable components and platforms that accelerate development. Lead teams to build and integrate Gen AI solutions with enterprise platforms via API-based methods and standardized patterns. Transform how teams approach problem-solving through AI augmentation. Create a culture of technical excellence and continuous innovation. Strategically leverage outsourced engineering services to ensure timeliness, scalability, and maintainability of special projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
15+ years of non-internship professional experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in data engineering
10+ years of experience in design, development, delivery and supporting distributed systems using Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, RESTful and GraphQL APIs
4+ years’ experience in developing and maintaining applications using Spark frameworks with strong programming skills in Python, Scala, and Spark ecosystem
Expertise in processing and analyzing large-scale datasets
Knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, data structures, and algorithms
Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure and their data services
Strong knowledge of data fabric concepts (data virtualization, metadata-driven orchestration, semantic layers)
Experience with near real-time data processing, stream-based integrations, and data serialization formats
Experience with data modelling, and an understanding of common information models
5+ years' experience in Agile practices, building software in enterprise environment, with 1+ years in applied Gen AI or LLM-based solutions
Experience with modern data analytics and AI/ML integration (SageMaker, Tableau, Snowflake Spectrum)
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps/DataOps practices, including Git, Terraform, Jenkins, Pipelines, and Containerization
Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes to support enterprise reporting and analytics needs
Experience in Data Governance discipline including Master Data Management, Data Quality Management, Metadata management, Lineage, and cataloging
Experience with OAuth Implementation, API Management, Service Mesh, Active-MQ implementations (Queue/Topic) and Schedulers for batch jobs.
Experience in database systems (RDBMS, GraphDB, Advanced SQL proficiency, MongoDB), Object storage (S3, Blob), Caching (Redis), and DataMart’s
Experience solving complex problems, especially in algorithm-heavy or data intensive applications
Knowledge in building RAG systems, data ingestion pipelines, and embedding-driven retrieval systems
Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to various audiences
7+ years in leadership roles managing cross-functional engineering teams including both data engineers and software engineers
Proven experience influencing business outcomes through technical solutions
Strong people skills to influence and engage stakeholders across all levels without direct authority
Excellent problem solving, design thinking, and decision-making skills

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of modern software designs and emerging AI technologies
Ability to align technical decisions with business objectives
Ability to establish engineering practices for responsible AI implementation
Being enthusiastic about technology and engineering discipline and applying it in building innovative distributed systems reducing complexity
Taking ownership, acting with accountability and urgency
Energized by challenges, demonstrate resilience, incredible technical analysis, and focus on doing the right thing
Constantly exploring modern technologies and their practical applications
Building consensus while driving technical excellence
Ability to create & articulate application technical designs, decomposing designs to development tasks, sizing efforts and building roadmaps aligning with business goals
Thriving in ambiguity and rapid technological change
Passion for elevating team capabilities and sharing knowledge
Balancing perfection with pragmatic delivery
Self-driven, actively looking for ways to contribute, and knowing how to get things done

Responsibilities

Drive the technical vision for next-generation applications incorporating AI capabilities.
Implement responsible AI practices and ensure ethical AI deployments.
Communicate complex technical ideas clearly and lead teams towards shared goals.
Lead the adoption of AI-powered development tools and practices.
Perform code reviews to ensure code is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for performance.
Balance technical leadership & savvy with strong business judgement to make the right decisions about engineering choices.
Design solutions that balance innovation with reliability and security
Build reusable components and platforms that accelerate development.
Lead teams to build and integrate Gen AI solutions with enterprise platforms via API-based methods and standardized patterns.
Transform how teams approach problem-solving through AI augmentation.
Create a culture of technical excellence and continuous innovation.
Strategically leverage outsourced engineering services to ensure timeliness, scalability, and maintainability of special projects.