Drimva

Chime

Tech Lead Manager, Human Agent Tooling

$199K–$275K

San Francisco, CA, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026

Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Experience
5+ years developing software in a production environment at scale; prior technical-lead experience is also required, with no duration specified.

About the job

Leads and contributes production code to modernize the Trust & Safety tools used by support agents, while managing a team of engineers and improving platform delivery, reliability, and capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a squad of 3–5 engineers; own execution and delivery.
  • Design and build low-latency APIs and backend services, and improve platform architecture, reliability, performance, observability, and automation.
  • Partner with Product, Operations, data teams, and support agents to deliver features and evolve experimentation, policy lifecycle, and ML integration.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of experience developing software in a production environment at scale.
  • Prior experience as a technical lead for a team and complex projects, including architectural decisions, execution coordination, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Experience with Ruby on Rails or comparable frameworks, transactional databases, and caching systems.
  • Deep understanding of architectural patterns for large-scale web applications.

Nice to have

  • Experience in fast-paced or early-stage environments.

Pay

$199,000 — $275,000 USD base salary

Tools

Ruby on Rails

AI focus

Evolve ML integration capabilities to support smarter and faster decision-making at scale.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)