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 Software Engineering Tech Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, delivery, and modernization of Multifamily application platforms and full-stack digital capabilities. This role will guide engineering teams in building secure, scalable, and resilient Java-based microservices solutions while partnering closely with Product Owners, engineering managers, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality business outcomes. The Tech Lead will also advance engineering maturity by promoting practical adoption of AI-assisted development lifecycle (AIDLC) practices across design, development, testing, code quality, and delivery execution. 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. Delivering secure, resilient, auditable, and well-architected platform capa
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At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. The Ledger Engineering team enables rapid financial product innovation by providing an audit-grade ledger platform that ties ambitious company growth to a highly regulated industry's real-world accounting controls. We are passionate about building robust, fault-tolerant, highly scalable systems that enable us to be on-time and precisely accurate in every financial interaction we have both with our consumers and institutional finance partners. Ledger Engineering works with our finance partners to support everything from closing our monthly books to annual audits. We bridge the technical gap between data, strategy, and the thorough level of accounting detail required to operate a publicly-traded company. Outside o
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What we look for You have 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin, and 2+ years of experience managing a software team; This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law
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Affirm
At Affirm, we believe that the financial industry works better for everyone when it’s fair, honest, and inclusive. We help people pay over time for almost anything—with no late fees or surprises. Through advanced technology and analytics that look beyond FICO, we’re able to serve a much broader population than other lenders.
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