Manager Software Engineering

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 love 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

The Manager - Software Engineering is responsible for the successful delivery, modernization, stability, and continuous improvement for the Ally's critical applications. This role provides technical leadership across multiple agile teams and serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, product management, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and engineering teams.

This individual owns end-to-end delivery for a highly integrated enterprise platform built using React, Java Spring Boot, Oracle, PostgreSQL, AWS cloud technologies, batch processing frameworks, and event-driven architectures. This individual is accountable for delivery execution, technical design governance, application reliability, operational excellence, modernization initiatives, production support, regulatory compliance, and team development.

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



The Work Itself

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline, or equivalent experience

The Qualifications We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, application delivery, or technical leadership roles.

• Strong hands-on experience with: React.js, Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and Microservices, Spring Batch and AWS Batch.

• 3+ years of experience leading large-scale application delivery initiatives and engineering teams.

• Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application architecture

• Experience designing and supporting distributed systems, high-availability solutions, and enterprise integrations.

• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and SDLC best practices.

Highly Preferred

• Strong technical decision-making and problem-solving skills.

• Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Kafka Event Streaming

• Ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Ability to influence technical and business leaders across organizational boundaries.

• Proven track record of delivering complex enterprise solutions while balancing business priorities, risk, quality, and operational excellence.

• Experience with:DataStage, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code

• Experience leading application modernization and cloud migration programs.

• Familiarity with financial services or highly regulated environments.





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

$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.