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 OpportunityAs a Principal Software Engineer at Ally, you will provide technical leadership for a product area, platform, or complex engineering initiative. You will guide architecture and technical direction, solve high-impact problems, and establish practices that keep our software secure, resilient, and scalable. You will remain technically engaged while raising engineering quality and effectiveness across teams.
Principal Engineers should be able to guide technical change and apply AI-assisted development based on practical engineering and business value.
At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The Work Itself- Set technical direction and guide architecture, design, integration, and implementation decisions.
- Lead complex technical initiatives from strategy and design through production.
- Serve as an escalation point and authoritative reviewer for high-impact technical decisions.
- Translate business and product priorities into clear, achievable technical direction.
- Establish engineering standards and guide pragmatic modernization decisions.
- Mentor engineers across experience levels and raise technical capability across teams.
- Evaluate and drive adoption of tools, frameworks, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
Why Ally: At Ally, Principal Engineers shape technology at meaningful scale. You will help teams support critical platforms today while influencing the architecture, tools, and engineering practices that define what comes next.
The Qualifications We're Looking For- Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Preferred Qualifications
- Significant professional software engineering experience, including leading complex technical initiatives.
- Deep expertise in at least one engineering domain with broad architectural and system-design knowledge.
- A record of influencing technical direction and improving engineering quality across teams.
- Strong judgment when resolving ambiguous, high-scope, or business-critical problems.
- Strong communication and influence skills with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Core Technologies
- Deep experience with some of the following: Python, Java, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, React Native, Angular, Spring, REST APIs, automated testing, CI/CD, Git, AWS or Azure, and connecting to backend SQL databases.
How We'll Have Your BackAlly'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
Base Pay Range$110,000.00 - $180,000.00
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.
