Chime
Senior Staff / Staff Software Engineer, Trust & Safety
$223K–$373K
Chicago, IL, USA +2 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Chicago, Illinois, United States - Experience
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering.
About the job
Leads technical vision and architecture for Trust & Safety systems that protect members, reduce fraud and costs, and deliver scalable risk experiences across Chime.
What you'll do
- Guide multiple teams in designing and evolving secure, reliable, high-performance infrastructure, APIs, and member-facing capabilities.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership on cross-functional vision and organization-level architecture and technology decisions.
- Mentor engineers, improve development and infrastructure bottlenecks, and lead projects when needed.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Experience building and evolving high-scale back-end solutions.
- Strong competency in distributed systems, scalable and extensible platforms, and high availability design.
- Experience leading and empowering multiple teams.
Nice to have
- Passion and previous experience building end-to-end member-facing features and systems.
- Ability to work in an agile setting.
Pay
$223,000 — $373,000 USD base salary
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