Software Manager Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

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.
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 an experienced and motivated Software Engineering Manager to drive the strategic execution and delivery of Multifamily application platforms and full-stack digital capabilities built on modern Java-based microservices architecture, ensuring alignment with business objectives, seamless integration, compliance with regulations, and operational excellence.
Our Impact:
Freddie Mac's Multifamily division advances affordable rental housing by purchasing apartment loans from a national network of lenders and transforming those loans into securities that attract global investors.
The Multifamily Technology Team plays a critical role in this mission by:

• Enabling Multifamily business teams to operate more efficiently through secure, scalable, and user-focused digital applications that support critical business processes across loan acquisition, asset management, securitization, risk, and portfolio operations.
• Modernizing application platforms and reducing manual dependencies to improve usability, operational efficiency, scalability, reliability, and confidence in the technology capabilities that support critical Multifamily business processes.
• Deliver secure, resilient, auditable, and well-architected platform capabilities that business teams can depend on to operate at scale, manage risk, meet regulatory expectations, and support long-term Multifamily growth.

Your Impact:
As a Software Engineering Manager, you will collaborate closely with Product Owners and business partners to deliver modern application platform capabilities that meet evolving end-user needs. You will lead multiple agile squads in designing and implementing resilient full-stack applications, APIs, and microservices-based solutions, while applying strong software engineering rigor through scalable design, automated testing, and operational excellence. In this leadership role, you will provide practical technical direction, drive continuous improvement, and identify opportunities to simplify delivery, improve efficiency, and strengthen the overall quality of Multifamily technology solutions.
What you will be doing:

• Lead multiple agile squads responsible for delivering modern full-stack application capabilities, including user-facing applications, APIs, microservices, integration services, platform modernization, and production enhancements.
• Provide technical direction across squads by guiding solution design, reviewing implementation approaches, and helping teams make scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable engineering decisions.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, architecture, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver business outcomes.
• Drive the design and implementation of Java-based microservices, REST APIs, front-end applications, and integration services using modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Angular or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Create proofs of concept, demos, and prototypes to evaluate emerging technologies, validate new ideas, and accelerate adoption of modern engineering patterns and platform capabilities.
• Establish and reinforce software engineering standards, including scalable design, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, application security, and operational readiness.
• Ensure solutions are designed and delivered with appropriate compliance, auditability, security, resiliency, accessibility, and production support considerations.
• Oversee engineering production support by strengthening incident triage, root-cause analysis, observability, recovery practices, and continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.
• Manage, mentor, and develop engineering talent through coaching, performance management, hiring, delegation, and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability while identifying opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and engineering outcomes.

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience, including at least 2+ years of people management and leadership experience developing high-performing engineering teams is required
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple agile squads and delivering complex technology initiatives across full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, platform modernization, integration services, and production enhancements.
• Required hands-on or technical leadership experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices architecture, Java container frameworks, Docker, OpenShift, AWS or cloud-native development, Angular or React, SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, relational and NoSQL databases, CI/CD pipelines, build automation tools, and automated/unit testing frameworks.
• Strong background in full-stack software engineering, application architecture, API design, enterprise integration patterns, application security, performance, resiliency, and delivery of scalable digital products for business and end-user needs.
• Experience establishing and applying software engineering standards, including scalable design, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, compliance standards, auditability, and production readiness.
• Proven ability to provide technical direction, evaluate solution options, guide architecture and implementation decisions, and create proofs of concept or demos to validate new ideas and emerging technologies.
• Experience managing engineering production support responsibilities, including incident triage, root-cause analysis, resiliency improvements, observability, and continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.
• Strong leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, delegation, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.
• Ability to manage dependencies with vendors, Product Owners, architecture teams, business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams to deliver software solutions effectively.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Provide practical technical direction that helps teams make sound design, implementation, testing, and production readiness decisions.
• Build and develop strong engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, delegation, feedback, and succession planning.
• Create a team environment that promotes ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Maintain focus on production quality, platform resiliency, auditability, and operational excellence throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Build strong partnerships with Product Owners, architecture partners, business stakeholders, and IT teams to influence strategic decisions, align expectations, and remove delivery blockers.
• Use data, engineering metrics, and lessons learned from production support to improve team performance, delivery predictability, and platform reliability.
• Act as a change agent by promoting modern engineering practices, adoption of emerging tools including GenAI, strong code quality, and effective design and code reviews.
• Bring strong discipline across multiple agile squads by setting clear priorities, managing dependencies, and keeping teams focused on delivery outcomes.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.
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Time-type:Full time
FLSA Status: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 $154,000 - $232,000 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.