Senior Software Engineer

Chime Financial, Inc•San Francisco, CA

7h•$210,000 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer at Chime’s San Francisco, CA office. The base salary offered for this role will begin at $210,000 and up to $230,000. 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: Research, design, and develop fintech software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Update software or enhance existing software capabilities. Build a scalable data platform and pipelines that caters to the data plumbing needs of Chime. Architect and build workflows that could potentially become de facto standards for the fintech industry. Be a hands-on engineer, building, scaling, and optimizing self-serve ETL frameworks that can handle streaming and/or batch processing. Own the ETL workflows and make sure the pipeline meets data quality and availability requirements. Work closely with other data engineering teams to integrate schema registry and establish data lineage for all data domains. Work closely with our stakeholder teams, like Data Science, Product Engineering, Analytics to help them with their data computation needs. Joint ownership of all aspects of data - data quality, data governance, data and schema design, data quality and security. Mentor and lead more junior engineers and help them improve their craft.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation.
Utilize knowledge of AWS/GCP to manage large-scale distributed data infrastructure, with a focus on debugging and resolving production issues through collaborative problem-solving
Utilize experience with optimizing data computation engines (e.g., Spark, Trino) to deliver high-performance queries and reduce latency
Utilize knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies including Kubernetes and Docker to efficiently run the data platform infrastructure
Utilize experience with shadow testing, error investigation, and benchmark testing frameworks for high-quality data processing
Utilize experience with running production grade CI/CD systems to improve developer velocity and handle complicated rollbacks to improve system reliability
Utilize experience with designing fault-tolerant systems and implementing strategies to ensure high availability in distributed environments.

Responsibilities

Research, design, and develop fintech software or specialized utility programs.
Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Update software or enhance existing software capabilities.
Build a scalable data platform and pipelines that caters to the data plumbing needs of Chime.
Architect and build workflows that could potentially become de facto standards for the fintech industry.
Be a hands-on engineer, building, scaling, and optimizing self-serve ETL frameworks that can handle streaming and/or batch processing.
Own the ETL workflows and make sure the pipeline meets data quality and availability requirements.
Work closely with other data engineering teams to integrate schema registry and establish data lineage for all data domains.
Work closely with our stakeholder teams, like Data Science, Product Engineering, Analytics to help them with their data computation needs.
Joint ownership of all aspects of data - data quality, data governance, data and schema design, data quality and security.
Mentor and lead more junior engineers and help them improve their craft.

Benefits

bonus
competitive equity package
backup child, elder, and/or pet care
subsidized commuter benefit
401k match
great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Generous vacation policy
company-wide Chime Days
company-wide paid days off
1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
Annual wellness stipend
Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents
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!