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Ally Financial Careers

General information

Career area
Technology
Work Location(s)
601 S. Tryon Street, NC
Remote?
No
Ref #
20394
Posted Date
08-27-25
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 is seeking a Principal backend engineer to help develop software applications supporting Brokerage functions. This role would be responsible for developing IT solutions that are critical for trading functions. The ideal candidate will have experience working on multiple programming languages along with Cloud technologies. Candidates should have experience with AWS, Java and C# skills as well as experience with the .Net Framework. Experience in financial technology is preferred, but not required.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

  • Collaborate with other developers as a member of an Agile [Scrum/Kanban] team and provide significant contributions to iterative rapid feature development cycles.
  • Use technical knowledge, creativity and company practices and priorities to create solutions to complex business problems.
  • Maintain code solutions using Git version control and CI/CD best practices.
  • Work with Product Owner to understand business requirements and translate into technical implementation strategies.
  • Partner with QA Analysts to ensure quality code is promoted to test environments
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily stand ups, sprint review demonstrations, sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, etc.
  • Liaison between product, architecture, and development team members.
  • Works directly with product owners to ensure stories contain the right balance of technical direction, best practices, and level of detail.
  • Coordinates projects with Engineering and Operations team to reduce impact on application development teams, including build-out of new development environments.
  • Drives continuous improvement through coaching, pair programming, code review processes, and round table discussions.
  • Instills strong focus and best practices for creation and maintenance of high-quality deliverables.
  • Communicates effectively with senior leadership and other development teams.

The Skills You Bring

Required:

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject or equivalent experience
  • At least 5 years’ experience as a backend developer
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C# along with cloud technologies like AWS.
  • Experience with DevOps tools like Terraform, Gitlab
  • 3 years of experience serving as a technical authority and work with other team members
  • 2 years of experience working in an Agile setting with other developers, QA, Scrum Masters and Product Owners
  • Ability to supervise junior developers and make personnel decisions.
  • Ability to manage multiple sophisticated software development projects
  • Ability to debug complex applications during Production Incident triage
  • Knowledge of all phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, and support
  • Ability to effectively communicate software development issues and recommendations to senior level management within and outside of IT.
  • Experience developing code according to acceptance criteria in user stories
  • Ability to debug existing code base and propose viable resolutions
  • Ability to thoroughly understand the business issues surrounding each project
  • Experience with standard change management tools and processes

Preferred:

  • Experience with the following tools is beneficial, but not required: Relational and/or NoSQL Databases

#LI-Hybrid

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: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
  • 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 hrpolicy@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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