Software Engineer

About the role

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 love 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

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

Location: Charlotte, NC in-office

We are seeking a hands-on Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, support, and continuous improvement of applications across the Audit and Risk technology portfolio. In this role, you will help deliver technology solutions that support assurance, testing and monitoring, risk management, and business resilience. You will work closely with engineers, product owners, business partners, and technology teams to develop high-quality solutions while supporting the stability and reliability of production applications.

The Work Itself

Contribute to the design, development, testing, debugging, implementation, and support of software solutions that deliver business value and improve operational efficiency.

Develop full-stack features using technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js/Express, SQL, and Python.

Create and enhance RESTful APIs, including controllers, middleware, service layers, route handlers, and secure authentication and authorization capabilities.

Implement database enhancements including schema changes, migrations, indexing strategies, seed data, and query optimization. Experience with PostgreSQL or AWS Aurora is beneficial.

Integrate applications with enterprise and third-party platforms such as Snowflake, Salesforce, and other business-critical systems.

Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Contribute to DevOps and CI/CD practices that support reliable deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of applications.

Maintain software quality through unit testing, automated testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering standards and best practices.

Support system integration testing and user acceptance testing activities by analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolving defects.

Participate in production readiness activities including deployments, changes, service account maintenance, documentation updates, vulnerability remediation, and operational support activities.

Troubleshoot application and user issues, perform root-cause analysis, communicate status and risks clearly, and coordinate with infrastructure, database, security, network, cloud, platform, identity and access management, and other technology teams to resolve issues.

Review security findings, vulnerability assessments, and penetration-test results and assist with remediation efforts in accordance with technology risk and compliance requirements.

Create and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, support runbooks, support guides, and knowledge base articles.

Collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet business needs.

Participate in innovation activities, proof-of-concepts, hackathons, and continuous improvement efforts that help advance engineering practices and business capabilities.

Participate in scheduled after-hours work when required for production deployments, maintenance activities, or critical support events. Day-to-day work and support activities are primarily performed during business hours.

The Qualifications We're Looking For

1+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

Experience developing software through all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, support, and maintenance.

Proficiency with TypeScript and experience building applications using React or a comparable modern front-end framework.

Experience developing or supporting RESTful APIs using Node.js/Express or similar frameworks, including controllers, middleware, service layers, and authentication integration.

Experience working with relational databases, SQL, and scripting languages such as Python to support application development and data processing.

Experience with source control, testing, debugging, secure coding practices, code reviews, and modern software delivery practices.

Ability to troubleshoot application issues and support production systems through standard change, release, and support processes.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create technical documentation and communicate effectively with engineers, technology partners, and business stakeholders.

Ability to work effectively in a collaborative Agile team environment and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Experience supporting applications used by Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Controls, or other regulated business functions is a plus.

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS. AWS experience with services such as ECS Fargate, Aurora, RDS Proxy, API Gateway, IAM, Secrets Manager, or S3 is beneficial.

Experience supporting, configuring, integrating, or enhancing vendor-provided enterprise applications is beneficial.

Salesforce administration, configuration, or support experience is preferred. Apex development experience is not required.

Experience balancing feature delivery with application sustainment, user support, technical debt reduction, security remediation, and operational improvements.

Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, problem-solving ability, and willingness to learn new technologies and business domains.

Ability to work independently on well-defined assignments while collaborating with senior engineers and technical leads on more complex initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

1+ years of experience

High school Diploma or GED equivalent

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.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if after review of the position expectations, you believe that you may need a medical accommodation to fulfill the duties of this role, please email hrpolicy@ally.com with details of your accommodation request.

Base Pay Range

$65,000.00 - $115,000.00

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.