Sr Engineer - AI

Ally; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ally is seeking a software engineer to build enterprise-grade AI agent systems using the Anthropic Claude API and Claude Code. You will extend the Logos platform and Lightspeed PoCs, creating production pipelines and agent types.

This is hands-on development, integrating with Jira, Confluence, and internal systems. Join a small, high‑output team focused on reliable, scalable AI solutions and operational excellence, with strong emphasis on security and change management in a financial services

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Extend the agent manifest with new specialist agent types
• Maintain and evolve the behavioral rules, discovery guide, and coding standards
• Build the memory and context-passing infrastructure
• Carry high‑scoring PoCs from working demo to production‑ready service
• Integrate with existing engineering toolchains (Jira workflows, Confluence, Dynatrace)
• Build and ship features on the Logos platform and agent‑driven workflows
• Write Python and TypeScript automation scripts that interact with Confluence, Jira, and internal REST APIs

Skills

Strong problem solving

Strong written communication

Reading unfamiliar codebase quickly

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Java/Kotlin

REST APIs

CI/CD

Dynatrace

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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?

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

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that has worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We are 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 ally.tech

You will join a small, high‑output team building enterprise‑grade AI agent systems using the Anthropic Claude API and Claude Code. Your primary focus is two programs: Logos, our AI platform initiative, and Lightspeed, a portfolio of 29+ PoCs spanning AI/ML automation, business process modernization, cloud infrastructure re‑engineering, and specialized platform tooling. Both programs are active and shipping.

The foundational work centers on the agent knowledge core – the structured manifest of agent types, behavioral rules, coding standards, discovery protocols, and domain context that makes our AI agents reliable, consistent, and governable at enterprise scale. You will extend this system, add new agent types, and build the production pipelines that put agents to work in real workflows.

This is not a role for someone who wants to prompt‑tune existing tools. You will be writing and owning code that runs in production, integrating with Jira, Confluence, Dynatrace, and internal systems, and solving the hard problems that come after the demo works.

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

The Work Itself

Agent and knowledge core development

• Extend the agent manifest with new specialist agent types (define capability, constraints, tool access, handoff protocol)
• Maintain and evolve the behavioral rules, discovery guide, and coding standards that all agents inherit
• Build the memory and context‑passing infrastructure that makes agents coherent across multi‑step tasks

Lightspeed PoC productionization

• Carry high‑scoring PoCs (test automation, vulnerability management, architecture agents, risk review automation) from working demo to production‑ready service
• Add the reliability layer each PoC currently lacks: retries, circuit breakers, health endpoints, SLO instrumentation, runbooks
• Integrate with existing engineering toolchains (Jira workflows, CI/CD pipelines, Dynatrace observability)

Logos platform implementation

• Build and ship features on the Logos platform, publishing deliverables and documentation to the PLS Confluence space
• Implement agent‑driven workflows that automate high‑friction engineering tasks at scale

Cross‑cutting concerns

• Write Python and TypeScript automation scripts that interact with Confluence, Jira, and internal REST APIs via authenticated calls
• Build coverage, vulnerability scanning, and SRE readiness gate pipelines using the established agent patterns
• Maintain and improve CI gate behavior, test coverage thresholds, and regression detection

Minimum Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent

The Qualifications We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent

Preferred Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software development; strong in at least two of: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java/Kotlin.
• Production experience building systems that call external APIs — REST, auth patterns, error handling, retry logic.
• Demonstrated ability to read an unfamiliar codebase quickly and extend it without breaking what exists.
• Strong written communication – your code, commit messages, and Confluence documentation are read by humans and agents alike.

Strongly Preferred Requirements

• Hands‑on experience with the Anthropic Claude API or Claude Code (tool use, agentic loops, multi‑step tasks).
• Experience building or maintaining a structured agent framework – prompt routing, context management, behavioral guardrails.
• Familiarity with Confluence and Jira REST APIs (Cloud or on‑prem).
• SRE or platform engineering background: SLOs, observability instrumentation, production readiness gates.
• Financial services experience or comfort operating under strict change management and security controls.

You May Be a Great Fit If

• You have built something real with AI agents – not a toy, a system that runs unsupervised and handles failure gracefully.
• You think about agent behavior the way a senior engineer thinks about service contracts: what can the caller rely on, what are the invariants, what happens when inputs are bad.
• You are as comfortable writing Python scripts that hit internal APIs as you are designing the agent type that calls them.

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 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 you may need a medical accommodation to fulfill the duties of this role, please email [e-mail] with details of your accommodation request.

Base Pay Range

$85,000.00 - $150,000.00

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.