Principal Software Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC

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

As a Principal Software Engineer at Ally, you will provide technical leadership for a product area, platform, or complex engineering initiative. You will guide architecture and technical direction, solve high-impact problems, and establish practices that keep our software secure, resilient, and scalable. You will remain technically engaged while raising engineering quality and effectiveness across teams.

Principal Engineers should be able to guide technical change and apply AI-assisted development based on practical engineering and business value.

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

The Work Itself

• Set technical direction and guide architecture, design, integration, and implementation decisions.
• Lead complex technical initiatives from strategy and design through production.
• Serve as an escalation point and authoritative reviewer for high-impact technical decisions.
• Translate business and product priorities into clear, achievable technical direction.
• Establish engineering standards and guide pragmatic 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.
• Additional Locations: Detroit, MI