Job Description

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliche 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?

The Opportunity

Seeking an innovative and passionate AWS API Developer with strong technical ability, communication and collaboration skills. As an API Developer you will be responsible for designing and building Enterprise APIs to grow and support Ally's digital footprint. You will work with stakeholders, technology team leadership and subject matter experts to analyze, design, build and implement API's needed within the organization. You will also be in charge of implementation, documentation, and integration of a variety of software platforms through the REST API framework, Lambda's and other AWS services. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and enables us to deliver and improve on the product quickly.

The Work Itself

* Develop and deploy serverless components hosted on AWS cloud technology.
* Capable of API delivery end to end which includes Planning, Design, Development, Testing, and Delivery of API(s) and services.
* Develop and deploy API policies using Apigee Edge Platform.
* Understand creation and deployment of API first design strategy.
* Collaborate with service delivery team members to ensure solid design principles and platform reliability, resilience, and performance/scalability.
* Effectively communicates expectations, issues, risks, and decisions to product team.
* Designs, Develops and prototypes cloud deployed services, apis, and serverless "infrastructure as code" to enable business capabilities in alignment with the architecture direction and standards.
* Experience with building Java applications.
* Ensure adherence to solid architecture guidelines and frameworks related to logging, authentication, security, error recovery etc.
* Participate in an agile delivery process, and as part of that help size stories and own, research and recommend new solutions
* Be open to learning new things, adapting, and learning from others

The Skills You Bring

* 3+ years previous development experience
* Hands on experience with a variety of AWS services that include, but not limited to:
* Lambda
* NodeJS runtime preferred
* DynamoDB
* SNS
* SQS
* RDS
* S3
* API Gateway
* Previous or current experience with Java development.
* Experience with monitoring solutions such as CloudWatch
* Experience developing microservices
* Past experience with developing serverless REST APIs using AWS Lambda is a plus.
* Strong preference for someone with experience creating event driven architecture.
* AWS certification is a plus
* Ability to influence and guide product solutions with Technology best practices
* BS / MS / PhD in in Computer Science, Math or related engineering fields or equivalent practical experience

How We'll Have Your Back

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 programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
* Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally and financially.
* Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and child care discounts.
* Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.