Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering

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Remote? No

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?

Ally Invest is looking for a Senior Cloud Data engineer who is passionate about solving data problems in the financial sector. Our Cloud Data Engineers are innovative technologists with a breadth of technical skills and an insatiable curiosity. As a Senior Cloud Data Engineer, you will have opportunities to develop and optimize batch and real‑time data processes throughout our business, as well as to foster new skills, explore emerging technologies, and to share knowledge with your peers and colleagues.

The ideal candidate will have experience participating in architecture discussions and significant hands‑on experience developing analytics and ETL processes. You will partner with other teams at Ally to create resilient and robust solutions which will benefit our customers and stakeholders.

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that’s worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We’re 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

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

• Design, develop, test, and deploy business intelligence solutions
• Interact with various business units to gather requirements
• Review and optimize current ETL processes
• Ensure data quality, completeness, and accuracy
• Collaborate with team members in code reviews, discovering better practices and patterns
• Provide significant contributions to the growth of our data infrastructure
• Participate in routine Agile and Scrum practices

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in cloud engineering, data engineering, data warehousing, or a related field
• Extensive working knowledge of Python, Java, and SQL
• Experience building data platforms using AWS
• Experience working with Apache Airflow
• Desire and drive to continue learning
• Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts degree or equivalent experience in related field

• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Experience working with investment brokerage
• Experience working in a controlled and regulated environment
• Experience developing applications with Apache Kafka
• Experience developing applications with Spark and/or Py Spark
• Familiarity with Terraform / Gitlab Pipelines
• Experience with Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with common Dev Ops pipeline concepts and components
• Lambda Experience

Ally’s compensation program offers market‑competitive base pay and pay‑for‑performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

• Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid‑time‑off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
• 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 and 529 educational assistance…