Senior Software Engineer

Chennai, TN, in on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 21, 2025 Last posted March 21, 2025
Job description

Ally is a B2B SaaS startup. We enable teams to focus, align and achieve goals, with strong employee engagement. Our OKR solution is ridiculously easy to use and scalable to startups and larger teams.

We believe in being where the work happens. It is well integrated with the tools and products that we already use in our daily workflows. Further, you can access it from the web and mobile. Ally’s Insights identifies problems and helps the team make the necessary changes to achieve the goals on time.

We are looking for an experienced, senior software engineer to architect and build scalable and performant applications using engineering best practices. As an experienced leader, you will closely work with other engineers, managers, product, design and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements. You will drive engineering and operational excellence across Ally. You will collaborate with other engineers to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices. You will also support, mentor and help other engineers in the team.

What does a senior software engineer do at Ally?

  1. Own the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale software applications
  2. Interact and collaborate with multiple teams and various stakeholders to deliver features on time
  3. Have a strong bias towards action
  4. Obsess about writing modular and high quality code
  5. Ideate with your peers. Being supportive of their work and providing constructive feedback on their solutions
  6. Obsessed with customers and their feedback
  7. Write modular and high quality code with adequate tests to meet the stringent quality standards
  8. Adopt new technologies, suggest recommendations and influence the direction of the product
  9. Excellent written and verbal communication
  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications
  • Strong coding skills using Ruby, Java, C/C++, Scala (or equivalent programming language)
  • Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Experience working in an agile environment
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Self-starter, quick learner and passionate problem resolver
  • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems
  • Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn

Benefits

  • Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives
  • Centrally located in the city; right next to Metro station
  • Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers
  • Competitive salaries
  • Paid time off
  • Medical insurance
About this role

Summary

Design, develop, and maintain scalable web and mobile applications, mentor team, collaborate across departments.

Job title

Senior Software Engineer

Experience level

4+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Chennai, TN, in; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

RubyJavaC/C++Scaladata structuresalgorithmsagile

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

web applicationsmobile applicationsscalabilityperformance
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

On-site City