Principal Software Engineer & Tech Lead

1611 Ally Bank; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off program

401K with match

Health insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Ally Financial seeks a hands-on Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and support of dealer-facing applications powering critical business interactions and digital experiences. We expect you to drive secure, scalable platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, while mentoring engineers and shaping standards.

You will collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to continuously improve dealer experience and platform stability, with a

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end full-stack engineering across front-end, back-end, APIs, data, and cloud infrastructure for dealer-facing applications.
• Own release management activities for dealer-facing applications, including planning, deployment readiness, rollback strategy, and production validation.
• Mentor junior engineers, enforce engineering standards, and drive coding best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and operations to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

React.js

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

DevOps

Code reviews

Mentoring

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Tools

Postgres

Oracle

Terraform

IAM

Secrets Manager

CloudWatch

API Gateway

Step Functions

S3

CloudFront

React.js

Next.js

TypeScript

Job description

Ally Financial seeks a hands-on Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and support of dealer-facing applications powering critical business interactions and digital experiences. We expect you to drive secure, scalable platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, while mentoring engineers and shaping standards.

You will collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to continuously improve dealer experience and platform stability, with a