Engineering Manager, Chime
Deals and Offers
$199-275k
Plus bonus and competitive equity package
Fridays from home
4+ days a week in office
Mobile banking for the everyday person
Be an early applicant
Mobile banking for the everyday person
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$199-275k
Plus bonus and competitive equity package
Fridays from home
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make financial peace of mind a reality for millions of everyday people.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of people management experience, including hiring and developing engineers
- Current, hands-on coding ability and the desire to stay technical; you are excited to contribute code and review PRs, not just manage
- Fluency with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, and a track record of using them to raise your own and your team's leverage
- A strong technical foundation and the ability to guide architecture and review technical decisions with your team
- Experience shipping consumer product features and running experimentation, with a bias toward iteration and measuring impact
- Experience with service-oriented architectures and building or owning backend platforms at scale; familiarity with our stack (Ruby on Rails, React Native, AWS, distributed systems) is a plus
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with a track record of partnering closely with Product, Design, and Analytics
- Experience integrating with third-party partners or vendors is a plus
- Deep empathy for engineers and a genuine interest in how to make teams and people thrive
- The ability to motivate a team through delivery on aggressive schedules and goals
What the job involves
- We are hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead this team. This is a player-coach role: you will manage a group of engineers building both the consumer experiences and the backend systems that serve offers at scale, and you will stay in the code yourself, contributing to features and reviewing your team's pull requests
- You will partner closely with Product, Design, Analytics, and partner teams to grow deal discovery, claim, and redemption, while keeping the underlying platform reliable and easy to build on. You will steer technical direction, lead by example, and develop the people on your team
- Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team, and grow engineers through their next stage of impact
- Stay hands-on: write and ship code on high-leverage projects, and set the technical bar by doing the work alongside your team
- Review your team's pull requests and lead design reviews, raising the bar for quality, testing, and maintainability through direct feedback
- Own the technical direction for the deals and offers surface, from member-facing discovery and redemption experiences to the platform that powers them
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and Analytics to grow deal attach, claim, and redemption, and to turn experiments into durable member value
- Establish a sense of urgency and direction, set clear team objectives in alignment with organization and company priorities, and hold a high bar for execution
- Drive architecture and technical decisions that keep the deals platform reliable, well-instrumented, and scalable as volume grows
- Manage partner and merchant integrations, working across engineering and external vendors to expand offer supply and improve measurement
- Ensure quality, performance, and operational health, including a healthy on-call and incident-response culture
- Contribute to broader SSI and Chime engineering initiatives as a member of the engineering leadership team
Our take
Chime is part of the growing realm of fintech banks and providers, emphasising 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 meagre 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 $11.6B since its 2025 IPO. However, competition remains fierce, with other neobanks like Ally offering similar features and vying for the same customer base. That being said, Chime's IPO, rare in a financially uncertain period, proves that it has shifted from challenger to major player.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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