Senior Software Engineer

3+ years of experience preferred.

Java and Backend Development - 3+ or more years of production Java development; Java 17 or 21

Spring Boot and Spring Batch, including job partitioning, restart ability, step chaining, and failure handling

Familiarity with Java EE patterns — EJB, container managed transactions, JNDI — and experience migrating away from legacy JEE frameworks

RESTful API design and experience operating behind an enterprise API gateway

Experience with Micro Service Architecture

Production experience with ECS Fargate, AWS Batch, EventBridge, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, and RDS/Aurora

Working knowledge of VPC networking, IAM roles, and OIDC based authentication; IMDS based identity patterns preferred over static credentials

Familiarity with ECR, S3, CloudFront

Terraform authorship in a Multi-region environment, module based structure

Experience with a corporate CI/CD pipeline framework and state management conventions

Proficiency in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL sufficient to read, analyze, and convert legacy packages

Working knowledge of Aurora PostgreSQL

Demonstrated experience using generative AI tools — such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent — as active development instruments, not supplementary aids

Ability to apply AI tooling to practical engineering tasks: legacy code analysis and refactoring, automated documentation, test generation, schema conversion, and code review

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 [email protected] with details of your accommodation request.

Base Pay Range

$85,000.00 - $150,000.00

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.