Single-Family Software Development Intern- Summer 2026

Freddie Mac

  • McLean, VA
  • $32.00 per hour
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 17 days ago
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, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.We are accepting applications for this position until 10/13/2025Position Overview:The Single-Family Business Technology Office (BTO) within Freddie Mac is searching for driven individuals to join our organization to help us deliver solutions to the business. BTO is building a world class technology platform to meet customer needs, manage technology risk leveraging emerging technologies, and modernize cloud capabilities to provide reduced delivery cycle time and increased resiliency.Freddie Mac is a dynamic environment with constant change that enables Software Developer Interns to grow through a wide variety of experiences and responsibilities. Our Single-Family Intern program is crafted to ease the transition of college into the workforce by providing skills training, mentorship, buddy programs, as well as in-class learning opportunities with senior leadership. Interns actively work on real-world projects using cutting edge technologies in a Scaled Agile framework to support Freddie Mac's outstanding role in the mortgage industry!Our Impact:
  • Understand Business needs and processes; identify solutions, present and work with project team/sponsors in identifying the best solution
  • Participate in Requirements Analysis; design Applications based on System Requirements; promote top code quality and solve ambitious issues related to performance tuning and scalability
  • Implementation of software application changes with daring deployment timelines
  • Complete department processes in a high-quality, efficient, and team-oriented manner
Your Impact:
  • Work with your team to refine user stories to be selected in upcoming sprints.
  • Assess the Acceptance Criteria of a User Story to know how to enhance existing code or develop new features in application and know what test scenarios will be involved for the story
  • Maintain and enhance unit tests and automation scripts
  • Help with production support by responding to any business users’ issues/questions and analyze logs to determine root cause of issues
  • Support production releases
  • Collaborate with team members on new development and finding root cause of bugs
  • Develop and analyze code (frontend and backend) for the tasks assigned during sprints
  • Participate in robust technical trainings, brown bag bootcamps, hackathons, and new hire technical program education.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or related software development experience and coursework
  • Graduating in December 2026 or May 2027 with availability to work (May – August 2026)
  • College-level experience with coding practices and languages (such as Java, C/C++, Python, Angular/Springboot, or others)
  • Knowledge of Agile software development project methodologies preferred
  • Experience with popular business tools (Windows, Office Professional, Visio, SharePoint, etc.)
Keys to Success in this Role:
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to interact and work in individual and/or team basis
  • Must be able to work collaboratively
  • Desire continuous learning of new and emerging technologies
  • Interns are paid a set, non-negotiable rate. The hourly rate for this position is $32/hr.
Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit and register with our referral code: MAC.Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status:Non-ExemptFreddie 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 site.This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $54,000 - $82,000 . All interns positions are paid at an hourly rate, which can be found in the body of the job description.

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