General information
Ref # 22535
Remote? No
Ally and Your Career
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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?
The Opportunity
At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that has worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We are always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech
Provides significant contributions in the design, coding, testing, support and debugging of new software or enhancements to existing software.
At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The Work Itself
Build AI-native platform capabilities on AWS
Design event-driven services for bursty, variable workloads
Pair with internal engineers on architecture and design reviews
Shape day-to-day team practices around agentic coding tools
Produce reusable patterns and components other teams adopt
Collaborates with other developers and provides significant contributions to develop specifications to resolve business client questions, problems, and to address enhancement needs.
Uses technical knowledge, creativity and company practices and priorities to obtain solutions to complex problems.
Interfaces with senior management to provide and obtain information and to build consensus regarding project direction.
Interacts directly with business clients.
Serves as a mentor to lower-level developers.
The Skills You Bring
Minimum Qualifications:
3+ years of relevant experience
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Software Engineering, in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications:
4+ years of software development experience, including hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent agentic coding platforms).
Experience using agentic coding tools. Production use of Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, or equivalent. Comfortable with MCP servers, @context strategy, and prompt/workflow design.
Proficiency across all phases of an AI-augmented SDLC - including AI-assisted design, prompt-driven code generation, automated testing, and AI-accelerated debugging and implementation.
Experience writing and reviewing software design specifications, with the ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate requirements generation, documentation, and solution elaboration.
Ability to rapidly scope, proto@type, and validate working software using AI-accelerated development patterns (Scope ? Build ? Show).
Ability to translate business @context and organizational intelligence into well-structured AI prompts, user stories, and technical requirements.
Comfortable acting as a technical authority who can guide teams on responsible and effective use of AI coding tools and agentic workflows.
Knowledge of standard change management tools and processes, including AI-assisted documentation and automated deployment pipelines.
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment, including pairing with AI agents and contributing to shared AI-driven codebases.
Advanced hands-on experience applying AI tools to real-world engineering problems, with demonstrated ability to ship working software faster through AI augmentation.
Li-Hybrid
How We'll Have Your Back
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Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:
Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
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 and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions 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 support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
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.
Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.
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:
An individual's position in the range is determined by 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.
Emerging: 85000
Experienced: 117500
Expert: 150000
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan
