Principal Software Engineer - Innovation Labs

General information

Career area
Technology

Work Location(s)
500 Woodward Avenue, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, NC

Remote?
No

Ref #
20588

Posted Date
08-29-25

Working time
Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some clich 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.

The Opportunity

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're 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

As part of the Ally Tech Labs team, the Software Engineer explores and experiments with cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph. Understand or be excited to learn about Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agentic AI. The Principal Software Engineer does the research, develops proofs-of-concept and prototypes to assess the potential of these emerging technologies for enhancing new and existing marketing products or creating new cutting-edge solutions.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design, development, testing, and support of innovative marketing software solutions and enhancements. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications. They will design systems, write code and debug new features and functionalities to improve user experience and drive customer engagement.

The Principal Software Engineer stays up-to-date with industry trends and attends relevant conferences / meetups to identify opportunities for leveraging AI capabilities. They ensure software quality through rigorous testing, debugging processes, and adherence to the best practices in cloud-native development and deployment.

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

• Contribute to software engineering efforts to deliver well-defined products that generate immediate customer value and deliver high-quality, broadly applicable software contributions
• Participate in DevOps principles practiced by the engineering organization
• Collaborate with other Engineers, Technical Leads, Architects, QA, Performance Testers, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners, along with business stakeholders
• Use technical knowledge, creativity, and company practices and priorities to obtain solutions to complex problems
• Leading and participating in code review sessions to maintain high code quality and performance standards
• Interface with senior management to provide and obtain information and to build consensus regarding project direction; escalate issues to senior management early, before they create significant impact to a project / release
• Ensure that detailed design documentation is competed, reviewed, and approved, as required
• Conduct or participate in code review sessions to ensure quality and performance
• Participate and contribute to innovation workshops and hackathons
• Design system integration and user acceptance testing resources; provide timely defect analysis, remediation, and reporting

The Skills You Bring

• 5+ Years of experience with AWS Well-Architected Framework and its pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization).
• Proficiency in using Terraform for infrastructure as code on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Native and Serverless/SAM frameworks and services on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of technologies used within aligned function to engineer solutions. Examples include but are not limited to React/Next.js, Python, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform.
• Familiarity with AI / GenAI technologies, preferred
• Artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks similar to LangChain, LangGraph.
• Familiarity with GitLab and its features for code management and CI/CD pipelines.

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: ;/li>

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

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.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at 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 : $110000 - $180000 USD

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.