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Chime

Software Engineer, Data

Hybrid

San francisco, United states

$ 174,500 /year

Junior

Full Time

05-08-2025

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Skills

Python Java SQL Data Warehousing Data Governance Azure AWS GCP Spark Kafka Terraform Flink

Job Specifications

About The Role

Data is crucial to the overall success of Chime. The mission of the Data Engineering team is to build a scalable data platform and pipelines that caters to a variety of domains across Chime. As a core member of the team, you will have the opportunity to build scalable data computation systems used by all Chimers. Additionally, you will have the unique opportunity to architect and build workflows that could potentially become de facto standards for the fintech industry.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $125,640.00 and up to $174,500.00. 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.

In this role, you can expect to

Be a hands-on data engineer, building, scaling, and optimizing self-serve ETL frameworks that can handle batch processing and/or streaming
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

To thrive in this role, you have

2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying production-quality data pipelines
Solid understanding of key metrics for data pipelines and experience building solutions to provide visibility to partner teams
2+ years of hands-on experience using any of the Data warehouses like Snowflake, AWS Redshift, BigQuery, or Teradata
Expertise with a commonly-used data programming language (for example, Python, Java, SQL)
Experience with Airflow, Terraform, and a Cloud Provider Stack (AWS, GCP, Azure)
2+ years of experience with data streaming technologies like Spark (AWS Glue), Flink, Storm, Kinesis, and/or Kafka
Track record of successful partnerships with Analytics, Data Science, Security, DevOps and Product Engineering teams

A Little About Us

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.

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.

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 everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust--so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall--our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't--who will?

Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What We Offer For Our Full-time, Regular Employees

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

About the Company

Chime was created because we believe everyone can unlock financial progress, and we want to develop solutions and services to empower people to succeed. The premise upon which we started Chime is simple: basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and easy. Our easy-to-use tools and intuitive platforms give members the ability to have more control over their money and to take action toward achieving their financial ambitions. By designing a member-centric banking app with easy-to-understand financial tools, we're... Know more