General information
Career area
Technology
Work Location(s)
601 S. Tryon Street, NC
Remote?
No
Ref #
17714
Posted Date
Monday, July 1, 2024
Working time
Full time
Ally and Your Career
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some clichpeople 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
Are you passionate about technology, messaging frameworks, (AWS) cloud native solutions, software design & development, possess first-hand experience with Amazon Web Services, API Development, Messaging frameworks? Do you believe in modern software development methods, teamwork, creativity and collaboration within a diverse development environment to produce the next generation of Enterprise messaging platforms and services? If so, then we are interested in talking to you. You will grow, learn and have fun doing it - it's part of our culture. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech

Ally is seeking a Senior AWS API Engineer to provide thought leadership within Ally's enterprise messaging platform development space. The ideal candidate is a confident decision maker and self-starter that thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial-minded environment; they also bring a growth mindset and awareness of emerging/disruptive technologies.

This Senior AWS API Engineer will contribute to an extremely engineering-focused organization. The contributions will have a noticeable impact on Ally's Enterprise platform and will be involved in efforts for continuous improvement to increase and ensure the reliability of the platform. They will get broad exposure to our full stack, consisting of forward-looking technologies around messaging platforms, AWS, and Infrastructure Automation.

To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech
The Work Itself

• Collaborate with other developers and provide significant contributions to develop specifications to build enterprise event platform in a secure, well-tested, and performant way
• Craft code that meets our internal standards for reusability, style, maintainability, and secure standard processes. Maintain and advocate for these standards in code reviews.
• Tackle technical problems of high scope and complexity
• Actively collaborate with Scrum Master, POs, manager, and lead engineer to iterate on new features; participate in the refinement of Epics, Stories, and Tasks
• Employ a shift-left approach to test and a design-first approach to APIs
• Ensure completion and review of required documentation; lead T2S activities and related tasks to participate in release governance activities
• Serve as a mentor for other specialists and peers to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers

The Skills You Bring

• 3 years of experience as an API (Java) engineer with Cloud exposure (AWS); hands-on experience creating and consuming RESTful API Services on AWS solutions, API Development, Kafka, Rabbit MQ, AWS SQS, AWS Kinesis or similar data messaging platforms
• Experience working in customer-facing applications and understand what it means to be customer obsessed and focused on delivering results
• Proficient in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, or equivalent frameworks
• Ability to write effective unit, integration, and API tests
• Experience working in multi-functional, highly collaborative, autonomous teams with Agile/Scrum practices
• Nice to have - Infrastructure automation and provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform, Gitlab Pipeline, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related field preferred #li-hybrid

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: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
• 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 Watchersprogram 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: ;/li>

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 ;br>
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.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Base Pay Range: An individual's position in the range is determined by 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.
Emerging
85000
Experienced
117500
Expert
150000
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.

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