Platform Developer - AI

About the role

At Ally, we believe in fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where our people thrive. We are committed to the health and safety of our teammates and prioritize work-life balance alongside diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Own the shared Python script library that underpins Confluence, Jira, and Dynatrace integrations.
• Build and maintain the scaffolding that new agent types are generated from.
• Standardize how agents write, read, and manage files in C:/Temp/ and persistent storage.
• Build the CI pipeline integrations that execute agent-driven gates (coverage, vulnerability, SRE readiness).
• Maintain and evolve the REST API patterns for Confluence Cloud and on-prem Jira.
• Extend MCP server configurations as new tool needs are identified.
• Build tooling that validates agent behavior against the manifest and behavioral rules before a new agent type ships.
• Own the C:/Temp/ workspace conventions, script naming standards, and output file lifecycle.

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent.
• Strong Python skills, including writing clean, reusable library code.
• Experience owning shared tooling or internal SDKs used by other developers.
• Understanding of REST API patterns: auth, pagination, error handling, retries, versioning.
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Familiarity with the Anthropic Claude API, Claude Code, or MCP server configuration.
• Experience with Confluence or Jira REST APIs — both Cloud and on-prem variants are a plus.
• Python packaging, dependency management (Poetry or pip with pinned requirements), and distribution to mixed environments.
• Comfort reading and writing JSON schema definitions and designing file-based data contracts between pipeline components.

Preferred Requirements

• 4+ years in platform, developer tools, or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong experience in platform, developer tools, or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience with Confluence or Jira REST APIs — both Cloud and on-prem variants are a plus.
• Experience with Anthropic Claude API, Claude Code, or MCP server configuration.
• Experience with Confluence or Jira REST APIs — both Cloud and on-prem variants are a plus.
• Experience with Python packaging, dependency management (Poetry or pip with pinned requirements), and distribution to mixed environments.
• Experience with JSON schema definitions and designing file-based data contracts between pipeline components.

Skills

• Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent.
• Strong Python skills, including writing clean, reusable library code.
• Experience owning shared tooling or internal SDKs used by other developers.
• Understanding of REST API patterns: auth, pagination, error handling, retries, versioning.
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Familiarity with the Anthropic Claude API, Claude Code, or MCP server configuration.
• Experience with Confluence or Jira REST APIs — both Cloud and on-prem variants are a plus.
• Python packaging, dependency management (Poetry or pip with pinned requirements), and distribution to mixed environments.
• Comfort reading and writing JSON schema definitions and designing file-based data contracts between pipeline components.

Benefits

• Time Away: 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly.
• Planning for the Future: 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: Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Pay

$85,000 - $150,000 USD

Schedule

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 hrpolicy@ally.com.