Tech Lead Manager, Cards

Chime

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $199,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted: 89 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Tech Lead Manager, Cards

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The Tech Lead Manager, Cards joins the Spending, Saving & Investing organization to lead a squad of four to five engineers. This role combines people management with active technical contribution, requiring the leader to handle hiring, career coaching, and performance management while remaining hands-on in the codebase. Responsibilities include owning end-to-end delivery, authoring pull requests, defining technical architecture, and managing service SLAs. The successful candidate will utilize AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor to increase team leverage. Key technical requirements include experience with Ruby, React Native, Distributed Systems, AWS services, and Service Oriented Architectures. This position addresses the business problem of providing reliable, seamless financial tools for everyday spending, ensuring high availability and performance for card and money movement features.

Skills

Ruby React Native Distributed Systems AWS Service Oriented Architectures AI Coding Agents Claude Code Codex Cursor Sprint Planning SLAs incident-response

What you'll do

Manage a squad of 4-5 engineers through hiring, 1:1s, career coaching, and performance management.
Own end-to-end squad delivery including sprint planning, service SLAs, and operational health.
Write and ship production code while authoring pull requests alongside the engineering team.
Define the squad's technical direction, architecture, and quality standards.
Implement AI coding agents and tooling to increase team leverage and output.
Partner with Product and Design on scope, prioritization, and quarterly planning.
Identify technical debt and advocate for sustainable engineering practices.
Maintain a healthy on-call and incident-response culture for the squad.

What we're looking for

You must have at least 2 years of experience in people management responsibilities.
You must have current, hands-on coding ability and the desire to continue authoring and shipping production code.
You must have experience with Ruby, React Native, Distributed Systems, AWS services, and Service Oriented Architectures.
You must have a track record of managing engineering delivery, including sprint planning, service SLAs, and operational health.
You must have experience coaching team members on project execution, skill development, and career progression.
You must have strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Product, Design, and Analytics teams.
You must have a track record of using AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor to accelerate delivery (preferred).