Top 51 Senior director of software engineering Jobs in Washington, Dc

Senior Director, Software Engineering
Freddie Mac —McLean, VA
- $228,000 - $342,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- System design
Senior Solutions Director
pureIntegration —Reston, VA
- $180,000 - $200,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Computer Science
- 11+ years
- Product management
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Senior Director, Software Engineering
Information Technology Senior Management Forum —McLean, VA
- $228,000 - $342,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- System design
Senior Director, Data Platforms
Great Minds —Washington, DC
- $207,000 - $222,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Background check
- Computer Science
- 11+ years
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Senior Director, Business Process Transformation
Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC. —Rockville, MD
- $174,100 - $272,050 a year
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Inventory management
- Paid parental leave
- AD&D insurance
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Director, Head of Software Engineering
HITT Contracting Inc —Falls Church, VA
- $130,000 - $210,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree
- Organizational skills
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Senior Director, Growth & Operations, FAA & DoT Solutions
General Dynamics Information Technology —Falls Church, VA
- $225,250 - $304,750 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Up to 50% travel
- Bachelor of Science
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching
Senior Director, Enterprise Reliability Engineering
Marriott International, Inc —Bethesda, MD
- $151,100 - $258,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Commuter assistance
- Paid parental leave
Sr Director, Quality Engineering
TransCore, LP —Germantown, MD
- $175,000 - $225,000 a year
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Product management
- AD&D insurance
- Health insurance
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Senior Director, IT Enterprise Architecture
Planned Parenthood Federation of America —Washington, DC
- $185,000 - $190,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- 11+ years
- Research
Senior Director, Business Development, FAA & Transportation
General Dynamics Information Technology —Falls Church, VA
- $215,467 - $276,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Up to 50% travel
- Bachelor of Science
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Capital One —McLean, VA
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- 7 years
- Java
- Master's degree
- Health insurance
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Sr. Director of Capability Development
BAE Systems Inc. —McLean, VA
- $173,023 - $294,137 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Up to 50% travel
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
Sr. Director, National Security Operations (5626)
MetroStar —Reston, VA
- $184,000 - $270,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Paid training
- Paid holidays
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Senior Director of AI Solutions
10Pearls - United States —Tysons, VA
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Machine learning
- Mentoring
- Free parking
- Paid parental leave
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Director / Sr. Program Manager
ActioNet —Vienna, VA
- Up to $200,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science
- Office
- AD&D insurance
- Paid holidays
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Senior Director - Solution Architecture for Growth
Heven AeroTech —Sterling, VA
- $225,000 - $275,000 a year
- Computer Science
- PMP
- Engineering
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Senior Director, Artificial Intelligence
Immunocore —Gaithersburg, MD
- Computer Science
- 11+ years
- AWS
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Senior Director, Head of Artificial Intelligence
Immunocore —Gaithersburg, MD
- $110,000 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- 11+ years
- Office
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Sr. Solutions Director - Intelligence & Homeland Security
General Dynamics Information Technology —Herndon, VA
- $224,765 - $304,095 a year
- Evenings as needed
- Hybrid work
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching

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Senior Director, Software Engineering

Freddie Mac -
McLean, VA

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Job Details

Full-time
$228,000 - $342,000 a year

Qualifications

AI models
Software engineering
Continuous Delivery (CD) implementation
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Enterprise software
Regulatory compliance
Generative models
Cloud management tools
Enterprise solutions implementation
Enterprise software systems development
Microservices
Information security compliance
Production systems
Managing engineering teams
Technology management
Cloud Native Design
APIs
DevOps automation
Legal compliance
Stakeholder relationship building
Generative AI
Senior leadership
Stakeholder management

Full Job Description

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:

Freddie Mac is seeking a Sr. Director, Generative AI Development to lead a team of engineers building and operating internal Generative AI capabilities, including the company’s internal chatbot and additional Gen AI-enabled products. This leader will drive delivery excellence, engineering rigor, and secure-by-design implementation across the full software lifecycle—partnering closely with Product, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data, Model Risk, Legal/Compliance, and business stakeholders.

Your Impact:

Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing GenAI engineering team; set clear expectations, career paths, and performance standards.
Own delivery for internal AI chatbot and GenAI services: roadmap execution, sprint planning, dependency management, and release readiness.
Establish engineering standards for GenAI applications: prompt/service design patterns, evaluation frameworks, observability, and incident response.
Drive architecture and implementation for LLM-enabled systems (e.g., RAG, tool/function calling, agentic workflows) aligned to enterprise standards.
Ensure security, privacy, and compliance requirements are built-in (e.g., data handling, access controls, auditability, retention).
Partner with Model Risk Management and governance stakeholders to support appropriate documentation, testing, and controls for GenAI solutions.
Implement and monitor quality metrics (latency, cost per interaction, groundedness, hallucination rate, user satisfaction) and continuously improve.
Manage vendor/platform dependencies (LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, vector stores) and guide build-vs-buy decisions.
Communicate status, risks, and tradeoffs to senior technology and business leaders; translate business needs into engineering plans.

Qualifications:

12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams/managers.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Proven experience delivering production-grade AI/ML or GenAI-enabled applications at enterprise scale.
Strong knowledge of modern cloud-native engineering (APIs, microservices, containers, CI/CD, IaC).
Recent hands-on coding experience.
Experience with secure software development practices and enterprise risk/compliance expectations.
Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to influence across product, security, and governance functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience implementing RAG with vector databases and enterprise search.
Familiarity with LLM evaluation methods and automated testing approaches for GenAI.
Experience with MLOps/LLMOps, model monitoring, and cost optimization.
Background in regulated industries (financial services, mortgage, insurance) and related control environments.

Keys to Success in this Role:

Stable, measurable internal AI chatbot platform with strong adoption and clear quality/cost metrics.
Repeatable engineering patterns for GenAI features (RAG, tools, evaluation, guardrails) used across projects.
Improved delivery predictability and engineering quality (test coverage, incident reduction, faster release cycles).
Strong partnership model with Cybersecurity, Architecture, and Model Risk to accelerate safe delivery.

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 www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

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 $228,000 - $342,000 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.

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