Manager - Software Engineering

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 The Manager - Software Engineering is responsible for the successful delivery, modernization, stability, and continuous improvement for the Ally's critical applications. This role provides technical leadership across multiple agile teams and serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, product management, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and engineering teams. This individual owns end-to-end delivery for a highly integrated enterprise platform built using React, Java Spring Boot, Oracle, PostgreSQL, AWS cloud technologies, batch processing frameworks, and event-driven architectures. This individual is accountable for delivery execution, technical design governance, application reliability, operational excellence, modernization initiatives, production support, regulatory compliance, and team development. At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 The Work Itself Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery Lead the end-to-end delivery of business initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives, architectural standards, security requirements, and enterprise technology strategies. Provide technical leadership for applications built using React, Java Spring Boot, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Kafka, AWS cloud services, and batch processing technologies. Drive solution design discussions and collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to define scalable, resilient, and maintainable technology solutions. Partner with Product Owners and Business Stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, delivery plans, and implementation roadmaps. Ensure technical stories and features contain appropriate architectural guidance, acceptance criteria, non-functional requirements, and implementation details. Lead AWS cloud adoption and…