Principal Software Engineer & Tech Architect Leader

Ally Bank; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401K matching

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Employee health benefits

Job summary

Ally Financial is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for a product area, platform, or complex initiative. You will guide architecture and direction, solve high-impact problems, and raise engineering quality across teams.

You will remain technically engaged while mentoring others and applying AI-assisted development practices to deliver secure, scalable software. This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and cross-functional teams in a dynamic

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and guide architecture, design, integration, and implementation decisions.
• Lead complex technical initiatives from strategy and design through production.
• Serve as escalation point for high-impact technical decisions.
• Translate business priorities into clear technical direction.
• Establish engineering standards and guide 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.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture

AI-assisted development

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Python

Java

Node.js

React/Angular

AWS/Azure

Job description

Ally Financial is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for a product area, platform, or complex initiative. You will guide architecture and direction, solve high-impact problems, and raise engineering quality across teams.

You will remain technically engaged while mentoring others and applying AI-assisted development practices to deliver secure, scalable software. This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and cross-functional teams in a dynamic