Ally Financial

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 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

The Senior Data Engineer will be a part of the Enterprise Data & Analytics team.

The individual will be a part of the engineering team that develops data pipelines & objects in the warehouse. The cloud based warehouse is expected to contains the data, historical & transactional, for several up-stream applications that support a specific line of business

The Work Itself

This position is for a passionate experienced individual with great technical skills with the following responsibilities

• Engage in application design discussions as it pertains to the upscaling the application
• Break down the design into build / change components
• Leads code review sessions to validate adherence with development standards and benchmark application performance by regression & capacity testing ahead of Production deployment
• Leads the activities to transition ew development into Production Operations
• Leverages DevOps techniques and Experience with DevOps tools like GitLab, Jira & Terraform
• Engage in discussions that lead to & building of AI/ML capabilities

The incumbent must have extensive experience in any warehousing platform, including Snowflake or any other cloud based warehouse tool. The individual must possess strong query writing skills, expertise in ETL tools, like DataStage, Dbt Cloud or any other cloud based ETL tools. The individual must also have a strong knowledge of AWS services. The incumbent must also have strong programming skills on languages such as Python, JavaScript & R. Knowledge / exposure to reporting & analytical tools is desirable, such as MS PowerBI.

The incumbent will work closely with a variety of groups throughout the organization, which will require the ability to communicate with associates with backgrounds ranging from business & data analysts, application developers and business & reports users. The incumbent must also exhibit strong interpersonal and communication skills and have experience interacting with internal technical and business partners as well as external partners. Experience with on-shore and off-shore contractors is a plus.

The Skills You Bring

Qualifications

Mandatory

• 3+ years of experience in any Warehousing application, either on-prem or cloud based, like Snowflake
• Expertise in ETL / ELT tools DataStage and other tools like Dbt Cloud or AWS Glue
• Exposure to data modelling & vaulting techniques, like DV2.0
• Strong AWS services knowledge
• Expertise in programming languages like Python, JavaScript & R
• Knowledge of ML models & techniques to evaluate performance of the models
• Working knowledge of generative AI technology such as ChatGPT, Bard, Llama, Sage Maker or similar
• Exposure to AI security best practices
• Excellent query writing and SQL procedural language skills
• Rich experience in DevOps techniques and tools like GitLab, Jira, Terraform to build automation
• Working knowledge in Data Management tools such as Collibra DQ, Alation, Tosca or others
• Ability to work in a large, complex business and technical environment with competing priorities
• Provide input to planning activities to estimate effort to complete sprint planning and execution tasks/activities
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to multi-task and must be a fast starter, effectively delivers with limited supervision
• Must have excellent communication skills written as well as verbal; must be able to articulate the value proposition of solution

Preferred

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering/data transformation
• AWS Certified
• Snowflake Pro certified
• Automotive Finance or Insurance Industry experience
• Experience in Agile / SCRUM (with sprints) methodologies #li-hybrid

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. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date) 
• 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 pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, 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 assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf

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.

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. 

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.