Portal Engineer

Freddie Mac

9h • $94,000 - $142,000

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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose.
Position Overview:
This role is a hybrid of infrastructure engineering and web application development focusing on the Backstage internal developer portal.
Backstage is an open-source tool used as a central portal for managing our AWS and EKS infrastructure. The role will consist of creating and maintaining Backstage plugins based on React which integrate with and orchestrate other backend systems as well as of maintaining Backstage itself.
Our Impact:
As the platform engineering team, we design and build the core platforms on which Freddie Mac's AWS based applications sit.
Your Impact:
You will be responsible for the internal developer portal used to orchestrate all levels of application infrastructure including:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; work towards advanced studies/degree preferred.
• Experience: 2 - 4 years related experience.
• Experience managing or developing for Backstage internal developer portal
• Experience developing web applications using React and Typescript
• Experience integrating backend systems using HTTP APIs
• Experience using CloudFormation to manage AWS infrastructure
• Experience with git-based software development practices

Responsibilities

• Developing and updating Backstage plugins for integration with other internal services using TypeScript and React
• Maintaining and upgrading the Backstage core application including such configurations as SSL certificates and auth configuration
• Maintaining and updating the Backstage infrastructure using CloudFormation
• Deployments of Freddie Mac developed Backstage plugins
• Enhancements of CICD for Backstage plugins
• Enhancements of Backstage monitoring and observability

Benefits

• Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs.
• This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $94,000 - $142,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level