Engineering Manager, Deals and Offers San Francisco, CA, USA

Chime Enterprise; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Chime is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Deals & Offers team. You will lead a growing group of engineers, stay hands-on, and drive the technical direction of the deals platform. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Analytics to grow deal discovery, redemption, and measurement across scalable systems.

The role emphasizes shipping consumer features, operating at scale, and mentoring engineers while maintaining a high bar for code quality and delivery speed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of people management experience, including hiring and developing engineers.
• Current, hands-on coding ability and the desire to stay technical; you are excited to contribute code and review PRs.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) to raise leverage.
• Experience shipping consumer product features and running experiments with measurable impact.
• Experience with service-oriented architectures and backend platforms at scale; familiarity with Ruby on Rails, React Native, AWS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team and grow engineers’ impact.
• Stay hands-on: write and ship code on high-leverage projects while mentoring your team.
• Review PRs and lead design reviews to improve quality, testing, and maintainability.
• Own the technical direction for the deals and offers surface and platform powering them.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to grow deal attach, claim, and redemption.
• Establish objectives aligned with priorities and set a high bar for execution.
• Drive architecture and decisions to keep the platform reliable and scalable as volume grows.
• Manage partner and merchant integrations and collaborate with external vendors.
• Ensure quality, performance, and on-call health, contributing to SSI and engineering initiatives.
• Contribute as a member of the engineering leadership team.

Skills

People management

Hands-on coding

AI-assisted tooling

System architecture guidance

Cross-functional collaboration

Backend scalability

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React Native

AWS

Job description

Chime's Deals & Offers team helps members get more value out of everyday spend. We build the member-facing deals, cashback, and merchant-offer experiences, plus the offers platform underneath them: the deals catalog, personalization and discovery surfaces, attribution and measurement, and partner integrations that power it all. Our work turns everyday transactions into real savings and gives members a reason to reach for Chime first. The team also owns Chime Wireless, a 0-to-1 vertical product. This is a rare chance to build a new business from the ground up inside a company with millions of members, shaping the product, the systems, and the roadmap from scratch.

We are hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead this team. This is a player-coach role: you will manage a group of engineers building both the consumer experiences and the backend systems that serve offers at scale, and you will stay in the code yourself, contributing to features and reviewing your team's pull requests. You will partner closely with Product, Design, Analytics, and partner teams to grow deal discovery, claim, and redemption, while keeping the underlying platform reliable and easy to build on. You will steer technical direction, lead by example, and develop the people on your team.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $199,000.00 and up to $275,000.00. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team, and grow engineers through their next stage of impact
• Stay hands-on: write and ship code on high-leverage projects, and set the technical bar by doing the work alongside your team
• Review your team's pull requests and lead design reviews, raising the bar for quality, testing, and maintainability through direct feedback
• Own the technical direction for the deals and offers surface, from member-facing discovery and redemption experiences to the platform that powers them
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Analytics to grow deal attach, claim, and redemption, and to turn experiments into durable member value
• Establish a sense of urgency and direction, set clear team objectives in alignment with organization and company priorities, and hold a high bar for execution
• Drive architecture and technical decisions that keep the deals platform reliable, well-instrumented, and scalable as volume grows
• Manage partner and merchant integrations, working across engineering and external vendors to expand offer supply and improve measurement
• Ensure quality, performance, and operational health, including a healthy on-call and incident-response culture
• Contribute to broader SSI and Chime engineering initiatives as a member of the engineering leadership team

To thrive in this role, you have

• 2+ years of people management experience, including hiring and developing engineers
• Current, hands-on coding ability and the desire to stay technical; you are excited to contribute code and review PRs, not just manage
• Fluency with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, and a track record of using them to raise your own and your team's leverage
• A strong technical foundation and the ability to guide architecture and review technical decisions with your team
• Experience shipping consumer product features and running experimentation, with a bias toward iteration and measuring impact
• Experience with service-oriented architectures and building or owning backend platforms at scale; familiarity with our stack (Ruby on Rails, React Native, AWS, distributed systems) is a plus
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with a track record of partnering closely with Product, Design, and Analytics
• Experience integrating with third-party partners or vendors is a plus
• Deep empathy for engineers and a genuine interest in how to make teams and people thrive
• The ability to motivate a team through delivery on aggressive schedules and goals

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A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer for our full-time, regular employees

• Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location. Whether you’re coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you’ll stay engaged with your work and teammates.
• Benefits that support your work and life, including backup child, elder, and pet care and subsidized commuter benefits for eligible employees.
• Comprehensive health, financial, and wellbeing benefits designed to support you at every stage of life.
• Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid days off
• 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• Up to 22 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• Access to family planning reimbursement
• A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: [e-mail] .

At Chime we are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive work environment, and that starts with our application process. To hold ourselves accountable for equitable and inclusive hiring practices, we ask candidates to voluntarily complete the following survey that helps us in our efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities.

We believe that diversity, equity, and belonging—DEB— is essential to our ability to help our diverse member base and continue delivering on our mission to provide them with financial peace of mind. Anyone who wants to work with us will be considered without regard to their race/ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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