Senior Software Engineer, Chime
Application and Language Frameworks
$176.5-245.1k
Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus and equity
Mobile banking for the everyday person
Be an early applicant
Mobile banking for the everyday person
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$176.5-245.1k
Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make financial peace of mind a reality for millions of everyday people.
Role
Who you are
- Understanding of asynchronous and synchronous data-sharing patterns (pub/sub, RPC, caching, etc.)
- Strong Ruby/Rails experience; Python or Go is an added bonus
- Strong familiarity with AWS (including ElastiCache, SNS/SQS) and infrastructure tooling such as Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, and Docker
- Exposure to large-scale architectural patterns and mission-critical production systems
- Experience working in CI/CD environments
- Track record of shipping production systems as part of a team
- Drive to solve complex problems end-to-end
- A community mindset and passion for supporting internal engineers
- Clear, effective communication skills
What the job involves
- Chime is looking for a senior engineer to build and evolve our core messaging and low-latency data-sharing platforms – the backbone of information exchange across Chime services
- The Application and Language Frameworks team also owns key systems that shape the developer experience and engineering consistency, including:
- Caching – Redis governance, patterns, and operational improvements
- Job Processing – Async local and distributed messaging systems
- Unified Tooling – Shared Rails libraries for logging, tracing, security, and other cross-cutting features, plus PII masking and schema enforcement
- Language and Engineering Excellence – Ruby versioning, Jemalloc/YJIT, Rails generators, best practices, with expansion into future languages
- You’ll work at the intersection of infrastructure and the application layer, delivering frameworks and tooling that free product engineers to focus on features while ensuring scale, reliability, and consistency
- Automate everything, including upgrades, monitoring, and operations
- Build tools that enable self-service both within the team and across all of Chime engineering
- Build and maintain highly reliable, scalable platforms and libraries
- Improve developer productivity through the introduction of new tools/automation, or improvements to existing tools/automation
- Partner with product, data, and infrastructure engineering to solve cross-cutting technical challenges
- Reduce operational overhead of platform services through strong collaboration with infra teams
- Advise engineering teams on communication and data-sharing patterns
Our take
Chime is part of the growing realm of fintech banks and providers, emphasizing straightforward, cost-effective banking solutions. It cuts the expenses tied to basic bank accounts and provides users with greater autonomy in managing their finances.
In contrast to many traditional banks that levy steep fees and hefty penalties for overdrafts while offering meager interest rates on savings, Chime addresses a crucial gap in the banking sector. Its primary focus is on catering to individuals with modest savings who seek the convenience of automated digital banking.
With a remarkable ascent in its trajectory, Chime's current valuation stands at $25.5B, a staggering $23.5B surge from its early 2019 valuation, underscoring its impressive and swift expansion. However, competition remains fierce, with other neobanks like Ally offering similar features and vying for the same customer base.
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Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Aug 2021
$750m
SERIES G
Sep 2020
$485m
SERIES F
Total funding: $2.0bn
Company benefits
- Physical: We believe in taking care of your physical health, so as a Chimer you’ll get medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as benefits to support your physical activity, family planning, and all of your little Chimers
- Emotional: We know that staying healthy involves a lot more than doctor’s checkups. We partner with Modern Health to help you navigate your mental health, give monthly Take Care of Yourself Days, and want you to take time off when you need it
- Financial: We want Chimers to save and feel financially supported, so we offer savings plans with competitive matching, as well as access to financial planning and legal assistance so that you can find your financial peace of mind
- Social: We’ll celebrate your milestones together with travel stipends, swag, and high-fives and make sure you’re connected to fellow Chimers through our Chime Resource Groups (CRGs) and company events
Company HQ
Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Chris Britt
(Co-Founder & CEO)Chris worked as an Accenture Management Consultant for 4 years before roles at CMGI, Comscore Networks, and Visa. They left their position as an SVP of Corporate Development at Green Dot Corporation to co-found Chime in November 2012.
Ryan King
(Co-Founder)Ryan worked at Plaxo for 8 years, first as Lead Engineer and then working their way up to VP of Engineering & COO. They went on to be CTO & Vice President at Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Centre before co-founding Chime.
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