Tech Lead Manager, Lending

Chime

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, ILNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$199,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $193k
This role $237k
$131k most similar roles pay here $290k

This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $165,250–$220,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $158,000–$227,000 across 36 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Tech Lead Manager, Lending

The Tech Lead Manager, Lending joins the Lending organization to build products and platforms providing members with access to credit and liquidity. This role involves managing a squad of three to five engineers while remaining hands-on in coding, technical design, and architecture. You will be responsible for identifying technical debt, conducting code reviews, and mentoring engineers on their career growth. The position requires experience in lending, payments, or other regulated financial and transactional systems. Key competencies include the ability to use AI coding tools and workflows to improve team velocity, making high-stakes speed-versus-durability decisions under pressure, and collaborating with cross-functional partners like Product and Design. You will work on critical infrastructure including real-time money movement, underwriting, eligibility, ledgering, reconciliation, capital markets workflows, and repayment systems that must be resilient and auditable.

What you'll do

  • Author and ship scoped, incremental features as a hands-on contributor to the codebase.
  • Own the squad's technical direction, architecture, code quality, and technical planning.
  • Provide full people management for 3–5 direct reports including coaching and performance reviews.
  • Drive hiring and staffing efforts to build an inclusive, high-performing engineering team.
  • Mentor product engineers on technical growth and career paths toward senior roles.
  • Partner with Product and Design teams to manage sprint scope and quarterly planning.
  • Identify and resolve technical debt while advocating for sustainable engineering practices.
  • Integrate AI coding tools and workflows to improve team development velocity.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in lending, payments, or other regulated financial/transactional systems.
  • Experience managing engineers with full ownership of 1:1s, coaching, performance feedback, and hiring.
  • Ability to remain hands-on technically while performing people management duties.
  • Track record of using AI coding tools and workflows to improve team velocity.
  • Ability to resolve technical disagreements and make speed-vs-durability decisions under pressure.
  • Commitment to maintaining high code quality through design and code reviews.

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