Principal Software Engineer

General information

Career area Technology Work Location(s) 601 S. Tryon Street, NC Remote? No Ref # 20394 Posted Date 08-27-25 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

Ally is seeking a Principal backend engineer to help develop software applications supporting Brokerage functions. 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.

The Work Itself

• 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