Senior Data Engineer

Freddie Mac is hiring a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to support the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. In this onsite role in Dallas, TX, you will help modernize the technology stack using AWS and cloud native technologies, building solutions that strengthen identity governance, improve operational efficiency, and enhance user experiences. You will also contribute to automation, deployment modernization, and production stability.

What you’ll do

• Act as an active member of multiple high-performing teams, contributing across delivery and support efforts.
• Provide technical leadership by identifying trends, patterns, and insights that can inform business decisions and strategies.
• Partner with engineering teams to craft, develop, and implement solutions aligned to business objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Deliver IAM solutions that enable self-service capabilities.
• Build integrations between IAM systems and other systems to support end-to-end identity workflows.
• Collaborate with other technology teams to advance engineering capabilities and automate or optimize processes.
• Own day-to-day infrastructure and production support while advancing deployment automation, cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and production stability.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively across teams within a matrixed organization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, including guidance and coaching for junior engineers.
• Stay current on industry and enterprise standards, latest technologies, and general principles and techniques.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience (advanced degree preferred).
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience across Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure Operations, and hands-on Cloud Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience enabling automated deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and observability for rapid and reliable delivery.
• Hands-on experience with front-end technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, and Node.js.
• Strong experience supporting and operating on-premises and AWS infrastructure, including VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, and related services.
• Proficiency with Python, PowerShell, Unix shell scripting, and Control-M to build, test, automate, and maintain cloud-native and legacy applications.
• Ability to design and deploy applications using AWS services including S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, and pipeline capabilities based on evolving needs.
• Experience integrating and supporting CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Ability to work across multiple technologies, drive engineering solutions, and champion modernization initiatives.
• A strong learning mindset focused on process improvements, automation opportunities, and reusable solutions across development teams.

Key technologies you’ll work with

JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, Node.js, AWS, VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, Python, PowerShell, Unix shell scripting, Control-M, S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CI/CD, Observability, Docker, Automation, cloud native technologies.

Our impact

The Enterprise BTO organization enables business operational excellence through the flexible use of technology. The department provides IT strategic services including software development, enhancements, and production support for Enterprise groups such as External Relations and Corporate Communications, Finance, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Legal, Operational Resilience, and Regulatory Affairs.

Compensation and work details

• Location: Dallas, TX (onsite)
• Salary range: USD 116,000 - 174,000 per year (annualized market-based)
• Eligible to participate in the annual incentive program
• Position type: Full time
• FLSA status: Exempt

Final salary offered will generally fall within this range and depends on responsibilities, experience, skill set, internal pay equity, and other relevant qualifications.