Tech Lead Manager, Decision Platform

Chime

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Work type: On-site
Location: Chicago, ILSan Francisco, CA
Salary: $199,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted: 64 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, Decision Platform

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The Tech Lead Manager, Decision Platform joins the Trust & Safety engineering team to manage a squad of four to five engineers. This leadership role involves setting hiring bars, coaching talent, and owning end-to-end delivery, including sprint planning and operational health. You will remain hands-on by authoring and shipping production code while defining the squad's technical architecture and quality standards. Key responsibilities include partnering with Product and Design on scope, managing technical debt, and establishing practices for AI coding agents. The role requires proficiency with Ruby, React Native, Distributed Systems, AWS services, and Service Oriented Architectures. You will solve critical business problems by preventing fraud and abuse, reducing friction, and ensuring regulatory compliance to build secure, seamless experiences for members.

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 and develop a squad of 4-5 engineers through hiring, 1:1s, and career coaching.
Own end-to-end squad delivery including sprint planning, service SLAs, and operational health.
Write and ship production code and author pull requests alongside the engineering team.
Define the squad's technical direction, architecture, and quality standards.
Implement AI coding agents and tools to increase the squad's development leverage.
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 team.

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 writing and shipping production code.
You must have experience supporting team members with project execution, skill development, and career progression.
You must have strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Product, Design, and Analytics teams.
You must have experience with Ruby, React Native, Distributed Systems, AWS services, and Service Oriented Architectures.
You must have a track record of using AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor to accelerate delivery (preferred).