Senior Software Engineer

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 Invest is looking for a Senior Cloud Data engineer who is passionate about solving data problems in the financial sector. Our Cloud Data Engineers are innovative technologists with a breadth of technical skills and an insatiable curiosity. As a Senior Cloud Data Engineer, you will have opportunities to develop and optimize batch and real-time data processes throughout our business, as well as to foster new skills, explore emerging technologies, and to share knowledge with your peers and colleagues.

The ideal candidate will have experience participating in architecture discussions and significant hands-on experience developing analytics and ETL processes. You will partner with other teams at Ally to create resilient and robust solutions which will benefit our customers and stakeholders.

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

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position

The Work Itself

• Design, develop, test, and deploy business intelligence solutions
• Interact with various business units to gather requirements
• Review and optimize current ETL processes
• Ensure data quality, completeness, and accuracy
• Collaborate with team members in code reviews, discovering better practices and patterns
• Provide significant contributions to the growth of our data infrastructure
• Participate in routine Agile and Scrum practices

Skills
The Skills You Bring

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in cloud engineering, data engineering, data warehousing, or a related field
• Extensive working knowledge of Python, Java, and SQL
• Experience building data platforms using AWS
• Experience working with Apache Airflow
• Desire and drive to continue learning
• Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts degree or equivalent experience in related field

Additional Desired Knowledge & Skills:

• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Experience working with investment brokerage
• Experience working in a controlled and regulated environment
• Experience developing applications with Apache Kafka
• Experience developing applications with Spark and/or PySpark
• Familiarity with Terraform / Gitlab Pipelines
• Experience with Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with common DevOps pipeline concepts and components
• Lambda Experience

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