Senior Software Engineer, Lending

Chime

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$164,000–$259,000 / yr
Posted
90 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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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.

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About Chime

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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Lending

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.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $216000 from 270 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery of backend systems connecting lending products to core financial platforms.
  • Drive complex, cross-team initiatives from initial problem definition through implementation and rollout.
  • Define and evolve APIs, integration patterns, and data contracts to ensure safety and reuse.
  • Design systems for scale, resiliency, observability, and strict financial auditability.
  • Identify opportunities to convert one-off product needs into reusable platform capabilities.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate ambiguous business problems into high-leverage technical solutions.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and lead efforts to improve systems based on production incident lessons.
  • Mentor other engineers through design reviews and technical feedback to raise organizational leadership capacity.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience building and operating production software at scale.
  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals with Ruby on Rails or a comparable framework.
  • Experience building APIs and distributed systems in production environments.
  • Experience with transactional databases, asynchronous processing, caching, and large-scale application architecture.
  • Experience working in fintech, lending, banking, payments, risk, or other high-integrity domains.
  • Track record of leading complex projects that span multiple teams, systems, or business workflows.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and improving design quality, testing, and operational excellence.
  • Experience with lending or credit systems such as underwriting, eligibility, or repayments (preferred).

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