Chime
Tech Lead Manager, Lending
$199K–$275K
Chicago, IL, USA +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
New York, NY, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Leads a lending engineering squad, setting technical direction while contributing code and managing, hiring, and developing engineers.
What you'll do
- Ship scoped features hands-on and own the squad’s architecture, technical planning, code quality, and sustainable engineering practices.
- Manage 3–5 direct reports, including coaching, performance feedback, promotion decisions, hiring, and team health.
- Partner with Product and Design on scope, delivery commitments, dependencies, and quarterly planning.
What they ask for
- Direct experience in lending, payments, or other regulated financial or transactional systems.
- Full people-management ownership for a small engineering team, while remaining hands-on technically.
- Use AI coding tools and workflows as a core part of building and leading, with evidence of measurably improving team velocity.
- Ability to resolve technical disagreements and make speed-versus-durability decisions under delivery pressure.
Pay
$199,000 — $275,000 USD (base salary)
AI focus
Use AI coding tools and workflows as a core part of engineering and leadership; introduce AI-driven practices that measurably improve team velocity.
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