Engineering Manager, Chime
Data Platform
$199-275k
Plus bonus and competitive equity package
More information about location
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
More information about location
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
- Have 8+ years of experience in high-scale, high-reliability software development, with a focus on platforms, infrastructure, and data storage systems
- Have 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, and developing engineers
- Have a track record of scaling products, platforms, and operations to support rapid growth in data volume, complexity, and criticality
- Bring deep experience with data infrastructure components, such as data lakes and lakehouses (e.g., Iceberg), data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake), online and offline data stores, and both batch and real-time streaming systems
- Have proven expertise in system and data architecture for scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data platforms, including schema design, data modeling, and partitioning strategies
- Are comfortable working with modern data and infrastructure technologies, such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes, and similar tools
- Are proficient in Python or similar languages (e.g., Java, Scala) and familiar with SQL and performance tuning for analytical workloads
- Have extensive experience in cloud-based data ecosystems, such as AWS (S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, Snowflake, EMR), GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow), or Azure equivalents
- Understand data governance, security, and compliance best practices (e.g., RBAC, PII handling, auditability) and have helped design systems that meet regulatory and internal standards
- Are deeply interested in the transformative potential of advanced AI systems and how to build AI-ready data foundations (metadata, lineage, semantic layers, feature and metric serving)
- Excel at building strong relationships with stakeholders across engineering, product, analytics, security, and finance, and can translate between technical and business contexts
- Demonstrate strong people leadership, with a track record of building a culture of belonging and engineering excellence
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager on Chime’s Data Platform, leading the Data Storage team, you will own the group that manages Chime’s online and analytical data stores and low-latency metric serving layer
- Your team will be responsible for building and operating reliable, scalable, and secure storage foundations that power analytics, experimentation, and AI-driven product experiences across Chime
- You’ll partner closely with other Data Platform squads as well as Product Engineering, Security, and Analytics teams to define storage strategies, data contracts, and SLAs that support both high-scale batch workloads and latency-sensitive online use cases
- Your leadership will directly impact how Chime stores, governs, and serves data - enabling trusted, self-serve, AI-ready data for Chimers across the company
- This role is not just about running infrastructure - it’s about setting a vision for the future of data storage at Chime, fostering a culture of technical excellence, and growing a high-performing team that can evolve our architecture as the business and our data scale
- Own the strategy and roadmap for Chime’s Data Storage Platform, including Snowflake, data lake and online data stores for low-latency access
- Design and evolve scalable, high-performance storage architecture that balance reliability, cost, and ease of use for both analytical and in-product workloads
- Ensure performant and secure data access by defining and enforcing access patterns, partitioning and clustering strategies, indexing, and caching and serving layers for key datasets and metrics
- Collaborate across Data Platform and partner teams to define clear data contracts, schemas, and SLAs between producers, storage, and consumers
- Build tooling and automation for governance and compliance across sinks (e.g., RBAC, PII protection, tokenization, lineage, and auditability) in partnership with Security, Risk, and Compliance
- Manage and grow a team of engineers, setting clear expectations, providing coaching and feedback, and raising the bar on engineering quality and operational excellence
- Establish strong operational practices, including on-call, incident management, postmortems, and SLOs for the storage and serving layers your team owns
- Stay ahead of industry trends in data storage, lakehouse architectures, and AI/ML-ready data systems, and thoughtfully introduce technologies that improve our platform’s capabilities
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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