Senior Frontend Engineer, Design Systems

Chime Financial•San Francisco, CA

5d•$164,000 - $227,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer to join our Design Systems and play a key role in helping evolve our core foundations across products. As the senior front-end engineer, you will collaborate with a team of experienced engineers and designers to create innovative solutions focused on the underlying system that powers our user experiences — from tokens and typography to color, patterns, and component architecture. You will also have the opportunity to shape the roadmap for our internal applications and mobile app, driving impactful projects from concept to completion. Working closely with product managers, operations teams, and other engineering teams, you'll influence the design and functionality of the experience that all of our members use every day. The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $164,000 and up to $227,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience. In this role, you can expect to

Requirements

Deep knowledge and ability to navigate all aspects of front-end development, with 6+ years of active web and/or mobile development experience with React, React Native and Typescript
Demonstrated ability to be a team player as well as a top-level individual contributor in a cross-functional environment, collaborating with engineers, designers and product managers
Work across the stack (React Native, Native iOS/Android, GraphQL API, CI/Build systems)
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tooling and web front end technologies and frameworks
Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale
Desire to drive engineering culture within your immediate team, as well as within the larger organization
Strong leadership skills and the ability to work with cross-functional partners to define requirements, manage scope, and execute on software projects
Proficiency in writing thorough and effective tests for your code, including unit tests and integration tests, along with experience in rolling out features through a gradual process, closely monitoring their impact and scaling up through a slow ramp to ensure stability and performance.

Responsibilities

Exercise technical leadership for high-impact projects
Advocate for and implement best practices in UX development, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across all our applications
Implement product features and provide support or work with backend engineers to define and integrate platform APIs
Mentor, document, and share knowledge as part of your immediate team as well as through Chime Engineering as a whole
Foster collaboration across engineering teams to create reusable, scalable solutions, contributing to architecture blueprints that benefit the entire organization.
Lead projects by defining timelines, managing scope, overseeing development, and ensuring quality
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by actively participating in sprint ceremonies and process refinement
Participate in a community of practice (guild) around how our frontend ecosystem is architected, developed, tested, deployed, and released. Foster the community’s creativity, innovation, and learning.

Benefits

Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location. Whether you’re coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you’ll stay engaged with your work and teammates.
In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute
Competitive salary based on experience
401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off
1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress