Fellow Software Engineer – UI Platform; Web & Mobile

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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?

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 h

We are seeking a Fellow Software Engineer to help lead our UI Platforms across web and mobile applications using React and React Native. This role is responsible for defining and evolving the shared foundations that enable product teams to deliver consistent, secure and high-quality user experiences at enterprise scale.

Operating within a regulated environment, this role emphasizes platform reliability, governance, and developer enablement. You will set technical direction for UI frameworks, tooling and patterns while partnering closely with product, design, security, compliance and infrastructure teams to ensure our platform balances speed to market with stability and control.

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

• Own and evolve the UI platform architecture supporting web and mobile applications.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices through research, conferences. and professional networks, and drive the strategic adoption of innovative solutions within the organization’s technology stack.
• Define standards, patterns and best practices for React and React Native used across product teams.
• Design and maintain shared libraries, design systems, and foundational components.
• Establish platform-level approaches for state management, navigation, authentication and cross-cutting concerns.
• Ensure platform solutions meet enterprise requirements for security, privacy, accessibility and regulatory compliance.
• Enable product teams through documentation, reference implementations and developer tooling.
• Own and evolve the UI Test automation strategy across web and mobile platforms, ensuring it scales with the platform and supports rapid, safe delivery.
• Drive platform modernization efforts, including framework upgrades, technical debt reduction, and performance improvements.
• Partner with Dev Ops and infrastructure teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and release strategies.
• Identify systemic risks and scalability issues and lead cross-team initiatives to address them.
• Influence and guide technical decision-making across multiple teams by leading design and architecture reviews, establishing and maintaining engineering standards and best practices and providing mentorship and technical leadership to ensure high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions aligned with organization goals.
• Familiarity with native mobile development concepts (iOS/Android) and their interaction with React Native.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep UI specialization.
• Expert-level experience with React, React Native, Type Script and modern front-end architecture.
• Proven experience designing and owning shared platforms, frameworks, and core libraries.
• Experience…