Mobile Platform Tech Lead

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.

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

Location:

Charlotte, NC is the preference but open to Detroit, MI too for the right candidate.

Seeking a visionary Tech Lead – Mobile Engineering to lead our talented mobile development team. No direct reports but you will lead a team of around
5. This role will be pivotal in evolving our mobile strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring the iterative delivery of a high-quality mobile application used by millions of customers.

• Leadership and Strategy: Execute the Mobile platform team’s quarterly objectives in alignment with digital technologies strategic direction. Provide leadership and guidance to the mobile engineering team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and excellence. Work with engineering teams throughout the enterprise to ensure successful execution of the strategic vision.
• Technical Expertise: Stay current with mobile industry trends, technologies, and best practices. Use your skillsets to guide the team on best practices to implementation and ensure standards are upheld.
• Team Development: Mentor and develop top engineering talent. Create a supportive and motivating environment where team members can grow their skills and careers.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other engineering teams to ensure the platform team’s implementation meets the needs of the feature teams.
• Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain rigorous testing processes to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of mobile applications. Champion a culture of continuous improvement and quality excellence.
• Communications: Effectively communicate issues, blockers and wins to leadership and the broader organization.

• Proven Experience in an engineering leadership role, with a focus on mobile application development
• Experience in platform level development creating scalable technologies used by multiple teams
• Deep understanding of mobile technologies, platforms, and frameworks (iOS, Android, React Native, etc.)
• 5+ years of development on mobile technologies
• 2+ years of mentoring and leading a team
• Proficiency in React Native, including hands‑on experience in developing and deploying applications using these technologies
• Experience with creating accessible app experiences meeting WCAG guidelines
• Experience with creating and maintaining CICD pipelines for mobile apps
• Knowledge and experience managing Apple and Google’s app stores and familiarity with the policies
• Ability to jump in and work with the team to debug and solve complex problems
• Strong strategic thinking and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience managing a backlog and meeting commitments
• Experience working in a distributed engineering environment, with multiple teams contributing to a single application
• Proactively track industry trends, emerging…