Principal UI Engineer, Ally.ai App

Principal Engineer

Join us in delivering amazing AI-driven user experiences that empower our team and transform our business operations. As a Principal Engineer on the team, you will be a pivotal force in engineering our solutions, primarily focusing on frontend UI/UX components. Your expertise in integrating AI into intuitive and seamless interfaces will be crucial in enhancing usability and transparency for our team members. In this role, you will leverage cutting-edge UI technologies, cloud services, and the Ally.ai platform to drive innovation. You will mentor and guide our engineering team in best practices for design and development, ensuring that the products we build are integral and valuable interfaces for our team members. Reporting directly to the Director of GenAI Enablement, your strategic insights, leadership, and technical acumen will be instrumental in steering our engineering efforts, aligning business value with technical feasibility. This position offers potential for growth, with opportunities to advance into leadership or pursue a fellow track to remain at the forefront of industry innovation. Become an essential part of our dynamic and collaborative team, where your ideas are valued, your contributions make a tangible impact, and continuous learning is not just encouraged but celebrated.

Leadership & Mentorship: Establish and uphold high technical standards by leading through example. Foster the growth of new team members by guiding them in hands-on earning and development.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with teams across Security, Enterprise Architecture, and the CIO application spectrum to ensure seamless integration and collaboration.

Design & Implementation: Develop solutions that not only assess but also highlight the intrinsic value of our service offerings, enhancing their impact and effectiveness.

Compliance & Security: Maintain an audit-ready posture by designing automated processes that ensure robust controls for security, compliance, and audit requirements.

Continuous Learning & Innovation: Stay informed about emerging technology trends, driving continuous improvement and innovation while embracing calculated risks when appropriate.

Strategic Initiatives: Lead efforts to refine our services and infrastructure, ensuring they align with and support broader business objectives.

Agile Collaboration: Champion a collaborative development culture that aligns with our Agile methodology, fostering inclusivity, active contribution, and transparency.

Technical Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Produce clear and comprehensive technical documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing, making complex concepts accessible to diverse audiences.

The Skills You Bring:

Preferred Certifications: AWS, Microsoft, JavaScript, Python

Educational Requirement: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or 7+ years of relevant job experience in lieu of degree

Experience:

• 5+ years building incredible user experiences into applications within AWS or other cloud services
• 3+ years implementing cloud services
• Demonstrated success in showcasing growth metrics to stakeholders in line with business directives.
• Comfortable engaging with executive and senior management, articulating technical strategies and results

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in UI/UX technologies (specifically HTML, REACT.js, typescript, vue.js)
• Proficient in Python, Git (GitLab) and familiar with AWS Cloud services (Lambda, ECS Fargate, ALB, etc).
• A solid grasp on APIs, JSON and some experience with ETL/ELT.
• In-depth understanding of AI principles, Prompt Engineering methodologies, and associated technologies.
• Experience in designing and building low-friction user experiences
• Familiar with Microsoft Power Platforms.

Additional Skills:

• A genuine passion for learning and adapting to emerging technologies.
• Experience with Schema/Data Structures is a plus.
• Experience with LaunchDarkly, Contentful, or LogRocket is a plus.

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 childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

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. Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally. 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.

Base Pay Range: An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer. Emerging: 110000 Experienced: 145000 Expert: 180000 Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan