Software Engineer, AI Enablement

Chime

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$133,000–$184,000 / yr
Posted
85 days ago
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This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $133,718–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $158k versus about $174k 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 · Software Engineer, AI Enablement

As a Software Engineer on the AI Enablement team, you will contribute to internal platforms, primitives, and guardrails that establish AI as a trusted co-pilot for employees. You will work on systems like Archimedes, Bosun, and easyRAG to power internal AI assistants, developer workflows, and retrieval-backed applications. Your daily responsibilities include building reusable platform capabilities such as APIs, SDKs, templates, and shared services while shipping features on production AI platforms. You will apply golden path patterns to ensure safety, reliability, cost control, and governance. The role requires proficiency in Python, Go, or TypeScript/JavaScript, along with experience in distributed systems or ML services. You will address technical challenges involving evaluation, prompt management, observability, and data privacy to support internal AI use cases from prototyping through production.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Extend and maintain internal AI platforms like Archimedes, Bosun, and easyRAG.
  • Build reusable platform capabilities including APIs, SDKs, templates, and shared services.
  • Prototype and productionize new AI capabilities and durable platform features.
  • Implement standardized, observable, and governed features for launching AI-powered assistants.
  • Apply and refine golden path patterns for LLM usage, safety, and cost control.
  • Execute evaluation, observability, and cost-management practices across all AI systems.
  • Partner with Security, Risk, and Legal teams to implement responsible AI guardrails.

What we're looking for

  • Experience as a software engineer with a track record of shipping production-quality features in a distributed system or platform environment.
  • Hands-on experience working with LLMs or ML services, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into AI-specific tooling.
  • Solid coding skills in at least one of Python, Go, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
  • Ability to work across services, CLIs, and internal tooling.
  • An emerging platform mindset focused on reuse and building for multiple consumers.
  • Familiarity with or eagerness to learn AI-specific concerns such as evaluation, prompt management, observability, cost control, safety, and data privacy.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain technical tradeoffs to teammates and cross-functional partners.

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