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 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.

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 developme