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General information

Career area
Technology
Work Location(s)
601 S. Tryon Street, NC
Remote?
No
Ref #
19040
Posted Date
Friday, December 20, 2024
Working time
Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

Ally’s Bank, Invest, Lending and Digital Technologies (BILD) team is seeking an innovative and passionate Principal React Native Developer to help build out the next generation of our award-winning online banking application used by millions of customers. The ideal candidate should be passionate about front-end technology, great user experience and have extensive experience developing dynamic cross platform mobile experiences. Candidates should be an expert TypeScript, strong in native languages (Swift, Obj-C, Kotlin, JetPack) and have experience building large-scale applications with multiple teams contributing

As part of this, you will implement reusable application frameworks, components and constructs that will accelerate delivery of our top project initiatives. Additionally, as an engineer in this dynamic team, you will seek to continuously enhance and streamline developer experiences with tools and automation controls that will accelerate speed-to-market and improve the quality of software. You will use your technical expertise, industry knowledge and passion for continuous learning to help shape the roadmap for platform modernization, reduce operational overhead and enable Ally to offer best-in-class customer experiences.

This role will provide you with ample opportunity to apply problem solving, software architecture and design concepts, and the latest technology to implement systems and solutions that drive real business results. You will collaborate with developers and architects from other enterprise teams and participate and lead technical communities of practice.

Excellent coding, communication, problem-solving and thought leadership will help propel your career. You should lead by example and with a personal sense of commitment to meet and exceed our goals.

On this team, we make relentless progress to deliver on our commitments. We support each other, strive to foster a culture where each team member is valued, and can bring their best to work. Our #1 goal is to be successful as a team and our people are above all else.

To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech

The Work Itself

  • Serving as a core member of an agile team that leads user story elaboration, design, development, testing and implementation of software application and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Writing code and unit tests, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing
  • Develop high-quality, reusable, and scalable code using React Native.
  • Collaborating with other team architects, engineers and vendors as necessary
  • Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges
  • Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement
  • Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
  • Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues
  • Working along with stakeholders to understand and analyze the requirements
  • Leading a culture of innovation and experimentation, engaging in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and taking calculated risks that push the envelope.
  • Actively studying new and emerging technologies, rapidly prototype and carrying out POCs
  • Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
  • Maintaining documentation, coding standards, and style guides
  • Optimizing application performance, quality, and delivery to defined organizational standards and best practices
  • Managing your own time, and working well both independently and as part of a team
  • Influencing team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo
  • Serving as a mentor for junior and new engineers and peers in the software development practice to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers

The Skills You Bring

  • 6+ years of software development experience in a professional environment
  • BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • Proven experience developing mobile applications using React Native.
  • Experience using ReactNative Expo
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Knowledge of modern mobile development trends and best practices
  • Knowledgeable in modern API technologies, architecture and design practices and protocols with hands-on experience integrating with one or more API technologies (Open API, REST, RPC, GraphQL, Micro-Services, Serverless)
  • Working knowledge of public cloud (e.g. AWS) is a plus
  • Able to apply core programming concepts to learn and develop in a new language to meet project requirements
  • A self-starting mentality and passion for experimentation, with interests in game changing technology and identifying unconventional opportunities for success
  • Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Gitlab Pipelines/BitRise/Jenkins/GitHub
  • Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
  • Proficient oral and written communication skills.
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How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

  • Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date) 
  • Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
  • Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
  • Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
  • Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
  • Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
  • To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
 

Who We Are:

 

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

 

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range: $110000 - $180000 USD
An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer. 
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.
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