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# Principal - Software Engineer

- **Company:** Ally Financial Inc.
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Spring Security, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Engineering, Computer Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Relational Databases, DevOps, Middleware, Identity and Access Management, Java Persistence API, Spring Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Message Broker, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Role-Based Access Control, Redis, Swagger, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Enterprise Software Applications, Spring Cloud, Spring-mvc, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Database Performance, Apigee, Gitlab, Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Data Management, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Software Coding, Restful APIs, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Spring Batch, Api Management, Docker, Jenkins, Servicenow, Microservices
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8f30ceef3d246f39

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree field or Five(5) years of experience in the position offered or a related occupation., Experience must include:
 * 5 years application development with banking domain expertise (Treasury, Finance, Capital Markets);
 * 5 years of experience with Spring Framework including Spring Boot, Spring MVC/REST, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring Batch;
 * 5 years of proficiency in Java, Python, React;
 * 5 years of Agile/Scrum methodology experience;
 * 5 years of experience working in Relational Databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases such as Redis, MongoDB;
 * 5 years of experience working in AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, Bedrock, CloudWatch, IAM;
 * 5 years of experience working with API management tools such as Apigee, Kong, Swagger;
 * 5 years of experience working in Project Management Tools such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow; and
 * 5 years of experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

## Description

Ally Bank seeks a Principal - Software Engineer based out of their office at 601 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. This is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned office address. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the aforementioned office address. This position does not require travel.

 * Cloud Architecture & Development: Design scalable microservices using AWS services, Java/Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
 * Application Development & Data Management: Lead enterprise application development processing high-volume financial data using SQL/NoSQL databases and ETL/ELT pipelines.
 * Technical Leadership: Lead development teams, establish coding standards, create architectural documentation, and ensure security compliance.
 * Integration & Middleware: Implement ESB solutions using Spring Cloud components, message brokers, and API gateway management for microservices orchestration.
 * DevOps & Production Support: Build CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure with Terraform, manage zero-downtime deployments, and establish monitoring / disaster recovery solutions.
 * Data & Performance Optimization: Design efficient data access layers, optimize database performance, implement caching solutions, and conduct load/stress testing.
 * Security & Quality Assurance: Implement security best practices, manage IAM with RBAC, define comprehensive testing strategies, and support compliance audits.