Principal Software Engineer

General information

Career area

Technology

Work Location(s)601 S. Tryon Street, NCRemote?

No

Ref #21548

Posted Date
01-22-26

Working time

Full time

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.

Ally is seeking a Principal backend engineer to help develop software applications supporting Brokerage line of business. 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.

• 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.

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as a backend developer required.
• Proficiency in programming languages Java, C# along with cloud technology AWS, and Dev Ops tools Terraform and Gitlab required.
• 2 years of experience serving as a technical lead and work with other team members required.
• 2 years of experience working in an Agile setting with other developers, QA, Scrum Masters and Product Owners required.
• Experience using Relational and/or No
  
  SQL Databases preferred.
• 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…