Senior Software Engineer, Home Lending
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This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$202,482 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $176k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Chime is a financial technology company offering mobile-first banking services including fee-free checking accounts, savings accounts, and a secured credit builder card through partner banks. Industry: Financial Technology & Neobanking
Chime currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $164,000–$251,500 across 40 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Software Engineer, Lending joins the Lending organization to build products and platforms providing members with credit and liquidity, including Earned Wage Access, flexible overdraft, and Instant Loans. You will lead technical initiatives at the seam between member-facing products and backend infrastructure, designing systems for underwriting, eligibility, ledgering, reconciliation, and capital markets workflows. You will build durable, scalable, and auditable solutions while defining APIs, integration patterns, and data contracts. The role requires expertise in backend engineering fundamentals, specifically Ruby on Rails, distributed systems, transactional databases, and asynchronous processing. You must navigate complex fintech domains where correctness and operational rigor are paramount. You will partner with cross-functional teams to translate ambiguous requirements into high-leverage technical solutions that ensure financial transactions are resilient and accurate.
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