Director - Software Engineering, GenAI Platform

General information

Career area Technology Work Location(s) 601 S. Tryon Street, NC Remote? No Ref # 20084 Posted Date 06-20-25 Working time Full time

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 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

In this pivotal engineering leadership role, you will be responsible for a team tasked with delivering new features to Ally.ai, Ally’s cutting-edge GenAI platform. Your primary focus will be on developing and implementing new capabilities such as support for AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) using tools from leading Cloud and GenAI providers. These enhancements will enable Ally.ai to provide more sophisticated and efficient solutions to our users, shaping the future of GenAI at Ally.

This role will require you to work closely with several peer teams on the GenAI team and with multiple groups across both business and technology. Your ability to bridge these areas will be essential in delivering industry-leading solutions that meet the diverse needs of our stakeholders and customers.

Additionally, you will play a crucial role in building a new engineering team dedicated to these initiatives. This team of engineers will bring their expertise and experience to help drive the success of these projects. Your leadership will be key in fostering a collaborative and innovative environment, while managing risk and controls for the platform, ensuring that the team is aligned with the company's goals and objectives to deliver material value.

The Work Itself

• Act as the key connector between product, architecture, and development teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and innovation.
• Partner with product owners to craft stories that blend technical brilliance, best practices, and just the right amount of detail.
• Engage with a vibrant community of engineers to champion Ally.ai and gather valuable feedback on our GenAI capabilities.
• Coordinate projects with Engineering, Tech Delivery, and Operations teams to minimize impact on development, including the creation of new development environments.
• Drive continuous improvement through coaching, pair programming, code reviews, and the use of cutting-edge Generative AI tools.
• Foster a strong focus on creating and maintaining high-quality deliverables and outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership and other development teams, keeping everyone in the loop.
• Review resumes, conduct phone screens, facilitate on-site interviews, and help integrate new hires into their tech stack and team.
• Meet regularly with direct reports to provide and seek feedback, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
• Set expectations, drive accountability, and offer guidance as needed.
• Manage time off requests and coordinate schedules to keep everything running smoothly.

The Skills You Bring

• 7+ years of experience preferred with 4+ years of hands-on platform and or API development required.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or other related discipline preferred.
• Proven experience with Python, Git (GitLab), and AWS Cloud Services (specifically ECS Fargate, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB).
• A startup mentality with the proven ability to multi-task and manage several concurrent projects and initiatives.
• A demonstrated natural curiosity and thirst for learning.
• Experience with Project Management methodologies and tools, resource planning, and forecasting.
• Ability to supervise staff and make personnel decisions.
• Ability to articulate the company's business requirements and objectives and translate those into software development solutions.
• Ability to effectively communicate software development issues and recommendations to senior level management within and outside of IT.
• Experience engaging with executive and senior management, articulating technical strategies and results.
• Knowledge of all phases of software development.

#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: 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 this link: 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.

 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. 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: $135000 - $235000 USDAn 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.