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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
37 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$164,000–$244,000
across 37 roles with salary data.
Software Engineer, Jade Foundation - AI Financial Partner will join the team responsible for Jade, an AI financial partner designed to help members manage their money. You will design, build, and test backend services and APIs, creating integrations that connect AI models with member data and tools. Day-to-day tasks include owning scoped features from design through rollout, contributing to automated evaluations to measure model behavior, and improving system reliability and observability. The role requires proficiency in backend languages like Python, Go, or Ruby, along with experience in databases and distributed systems. You will solve technical problems involving service communication, latency, and consistency. Preferred skills include familiarity with large language models, prompts, and frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Amazon Bedrock to enhance the AI-powered product experience.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1116 postings across 75 companies.
Design, build, and test backend services and APIs to power AI capabilities.
Build integrations connecting AI models with member data, tools, and Chime services.
Own scoped features from technical design through implementation and rollout.
Contribute to automated evaluations and experiments to measure model behavior and quality.
Improve system reliability, performance, and observability while investigating production issues.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in a production environment at scale.
What we're looking for
2+ years of experience developing software in a production environment at scale.
Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Python, Go, or Ruby to write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Experience building backend services or applications, including working with APIs and databases.
Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including service communication, reliability, and trade-offs around latency, consistency, and scale.
Strong systems thinking to reason about component integration, data flow, and potential failure points.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills to break work into manageable steps and explain technical choices.
Experience with Python and its backend development ecosystem (preferred).
Familiarity with large language models, AI evaluations, and frameworks like LangChain or Amazon Bedrock (preferred).