Platform Tools Technical Lead
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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: As a Platform Tools Technical Lead, you will design, build, and support event-driven and automation platforms using Confluent Kafka, AWS AMQ, BMC Control-M, and Google Apigee. You’ll guide technical strategy, lead engineers, promote best practices, and collaborate with teams to ensure resilient and scalable enterprise solutions. Our Impact: 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years in platform engineering/infrastructure, including 2+ years in technical leadership.
- Proven expertise with large-scale Confluent Kafka and/or AWS AMQ deployments.
- Hands-on experience with BMC Control-M for enterprise automation and orchestration.
- Strong background in API management (preferably Google Apigee), including API security and analytics.
- Deep knowledge of AWS cloud architecture and hybrid-cloud integration.
- Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab).
- Skilled in Python and Java programming/scripting.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Confluent, AWS) highly valued.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical expertise for Confluent Kafka and support AWS AMQ, BMC Control-M, and Google Apigee; establish platform standards and drive feature adoption.
- Mentor engineers, review code, make architectural choices, and encourage team development.
- Align business needs with technical solutions by collaborating with stakeholders and assessing third-party tools.
- Ensure reliability with monitoring, alerts, automation, and swift incident response.
- Improve processes, promote best practices, and foster learning of new technologies.
- Keep documentation up-to-date and ensure compliance with security and regulations.
- Provide 24/7 support for engineering tool reliability and efficiency.
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
