Principal Software Engineer

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Remote? No

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and thats 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. Youre constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

Allys model hosting Platform team is looking for an experienced software engineer to design, build and contribute to our AI/ML model hosting platform that enables modeling teams across the organization to host their AI/ML models as APIs in easy, self-serve, safe and performant way. We aim to operate like a startup in an enterprise environment, moving quickly and iteratively working with our partners to get to the best solution.

This role is focused on end-to-end Cloud Native Application Development with Python. Proven expertise in developing secure and robust software applications, organizational leadership, collaboration and communication skill is required.

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

• Work closely with technical and business partners to understand and translate technical requirements into technical specifications for delivering new features and capabilities
• Design and implement clean, quality, and testable applications that supports rapid delivery
• Deploy cloud infrastructure with Infrastructure as code, as well as build/maintain CI/CD pipelines making updates as required.
• Find creative and innovative approaches to complex problems while working, learning, and collaborating in a cross-functional agile team.
• Be passionate and continue to advance software craftsmanship within Ally
• Size/estimate user stories/tasks and assist in the development of a continuous release strategy.
• Contribute to technical documentation and specifications, as required.
• Contribute/ lead code reviews.

• At least 5+ years of experience in Python programming including application service development.
• Ability to design and build serverless and stateful systems on AWS, that are scalable and highly available.
• At least 5 years of AWS experience with a variety of services, in priority order but not limited to:
  Lambda, ECS, S3, Dynamo DB, API gateway, Step Functions, SQS, IAM, Security Groups.
• Experience with Infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with snowflake
• Experience with microservice development patterns.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience/ Working knowledge configuring and deploying CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with version control like Git Lab
• AI/ML experience/certification is a plus.
• Experience with Apigee is a plus.

#LI-Hybrid

Allys 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.

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