Tech Lead Manager, Spending, Savings, & Investing

Chime

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $199,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted: 165 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, Spending, Savings, & Investing

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The Tech Lead Manager, Spending, Savings, & Investing will lead a squad of four to five engineers within the Spending, Saving & Investing engineering organization. This role involves managing people through hiring, career coaching, and performance management while owning end-to-end squad delivery, including sprint planning and service SLAs. The manager must remain hands-on by authoring and shipping production code while defining the technical direction, architecture, and quality bar. Key responsibilities include partnering with Product and Design on scope, managing technical debt, and utilizing AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. The role requires proficiency in Ruby, React Native, Distributed Systems, AWS services, and Service Oriented Architectures to build reliable financial tools for cards, money movement, savings, and transaction intelligence.

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 alongside the team as an active contributor to the codebase.
Define the squad's technical direction, architecture, and quality standards.
Implement AI coding agents and tooling to increase the team's development leverage.
Partner with Product and Design on scope, prioritization, and quarterly planning.
Coordinate cross-functional technical dependencies and lead "what should we build" conversations.
Maintain a healthy on-call and incident-response culture while managing technical debt.

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 a 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 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 be able to manage a squad of 4-5 engineers, including hiring, 1:1s, and performance management.
You must be able to own end-to-end squad delivery, including sprint planning, SLAs, and operational health.
You must have a track record of using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and team adoption (preferred).