Senior Software Engineer

Ally Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: Detroit, MICharlotte, NC
Salary: $85,000–$150,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Ally Financial

Ally Financial is a US-based digital financial services company offering online banking, auto financing, mortgage, and investment products. It is one of the largest all-digital banks in the United States.

Ally Financial currently has 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$180,000 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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The Senior Software Engineer joins the team responsible for SmartCash, a dealer money movement and wholesale settlement platform processing daily ACH transactions. This role involves executing a full migration of application and data tiers to AWS while maintaining a production platform that operates seven days a week. Key responsibilities include re-platforming Spring Batch jobs to AWS Batch on ECS Fargate, migrating WebLogic and JBoss applications, and converting Oracle PL/SQL packages to Aurora PostgreSQL. The engineer will utilize Java 17 or 21, Spring Boot, Terraform, and React. Technical requirements include experience with ECS Fargate, EventBridge, Step Functions, and RDS/Aurora, alongside proficiency in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Candidates must also demonstrate the ability to use generative AI tools like Claude or GitHub Copilot for legacy code analysis and refactoring.

What does a Software Engineer earn in North Carolina?

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Skills

AWS Java Spring Boot Spring Batch Terraform PostgreSQL Oracle SQL PL/SQL ECS Fargate AWS Batch S3 CloudFront EventBridge Step Functions RDS GitLab CI/CD RESTful API React OpenShift WebLogic JBoss IAM VPC OIDC Generative AI GitHub Copilot Claude

What you'll do

Migrate application and data tiers from OpenShift to AWS using ECS Fargate and Aurora PostgreSQL.
Convert Oracle PL/SQL packages, procedures, and sequences to PostgreSQL compatible equivalents.
Maintain and extend the Spring Batch processing chain for nightly ACH files and financial reports.
Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform within the enterprise GitLab pipeline.
Develop and deploy new product features to advance the SmartCash platform roadmap.
Own incident response for the batch processing chain to ensure zero interruption to production operations.
Utilize generative AI tools for legacy code analysis, refactoring, and automated test generation.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
3+ years of relevant experience.
3+ years of production Java development experience, including Java 17 or 21, Spring Boot, and Spring Batch.
Experience with Micro Service Architecture, RESTful API design, and enterprise API gateways.
Production experience with AWS services including ECS Fargate, AWS Batch, EventBridge, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, and RDS/Aurora.
Proficiency in Terraform for multi-region environments and corporate CI/CD pipeline frameworks.
Proficiency in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL to analyze and convert legacy packages to Aurora PostgreSQL.
Demonstrated experience using generative AI tools as active development instruments for tasks like refactoring and test generation.

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