Engineering Manager at Chime
- Company: Chime
- Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
- Employment type: full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-02
<h2><strong>About the role&nbsp;</strong></h2> <p>Chime is looking for a seasoned engineering leader to help manage and guide the Data team to drive the company to build a scalable and self-serve data foundation. As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Data team, you will lead the effort to enable Chime to democratize data with stronger governance.</p> <p>The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $199,000.00 and up to $275,000.00. 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.</p> <h2><strong>In this role, you can expect to</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Drive the next generation of FinTech innovation</strong> by leading AI-driven, data-centric initiatives that accelerate business growth, improve decision-making, and advance Chime's data.</li> <li><strong>Partner closely with Analytics, Product, Data Science, and cross-functional stakeholders</strong> to deliver high-quality, trusted, and secure data products while serving as a strategic thought partner to the business.</li> <li><strong>Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams</strong>, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.</li> <li><strong>Champion innovation and continuous improvement</strong> by establishing a clear sense of urgency and direction, setting high expectations for both the team and individual contributors, and driving operational excellence.</li> <li><strong>Collaborate across teams to prioritize work, resolve issues, and remove delivery obstacles</strong>, ensuring the team remains focused on delivering the highest business impact while maintaining engineering quality and velocity.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>To thrive in this role, you have</strong></h2> <ul> <li>7+ years of experience leading Data Engineering teams.</li> <li>Proven experience building scalable, AI-ready data tools, semantic models, and trusted data products.</li> <li>Strong partnership with Product, Analytics, Data Science, and Marketing to deliver business outcomes.</li> <li>Experience driving engineering excellence, including data quality, governance, CI/CD, and operational reliability.</li> <li>Experience with Growth and Marketing Data tech, including attribution, funnels, and experimentation.</li> <li>Experience in Supporting teams to deliver solution on tech stack such as Spark,Snowflake, Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Key-Value store, dbt</li> </ul> <p>Nice-to-Have&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Experience with AWS ecosystem</li> <li>Experience leveraging AI tools to improve engineering productivity.</li> </ul> <p>#LI-Onsite #LI-WW1</p><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>A little about us</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help e
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