Senior Mobile Cross Platform Engineer

Chime Financial, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 164,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Wellness stipend

Parental leave

Job summary

Chime is seeking a mobile platform engineer to shape the future of its React Native app, building frameworks, tooling, and systems that accelerate development for hundreds of engineers and millions of members.

The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and observability, with collaboration across product, infrastructure, and QA to streamline releases for iOS and Android. A strong background in React Native and TypeScript is required, with industry‑leading compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cross‑platform, mobile development—ideally with React Native.
• Strong fluency in TypeScript and familiarity with React, React Native, and related libraries.
• Experience with iOS or Android build, configuration, and distribution systems.
• A track record of profiling and improving app performance.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal React Native frameworks, developer tooling, and shared infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to improve app quality, performance, and observability.
• Help automate mobile CI/CD and release orchestration, reducing manual effort and increasing reliability.
• Drive mobile platform upgrades and manage compatibility across native modules and third‑party libraries.
• Design and improve tooling that saves engineers time and helps them resolve issues independently.
• Partner with QA to lead Chime’s mobile release process across iOS and Android.
• Write documentation and guidance that scales your knowledge and empowers other engineers.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

GraphQL

Bugsnag

Datadog

Sentry

Amplitude

Bitrise

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Tools

Bitrise

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Job description

About the Role

As a mobile platform engineer, you’ll help shape the future of Chime’s React Native app — building frameworks, tooling, and systems that make development faster, safer, and more scalable for hundreds of engineers. Your work will directly support the quality and performance of the app used by millions of members.

Salary: base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $164,000.00 and up to $227,000.00. 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

• Build and maintain internal React Native frameworks, developer tooling, and shared infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to improve app quality, performance, and observability.
• Help automate mobile CI/CD and release orchestration, reducing manual effort and increasing reliability.
• Drive mobile platform upgrades and manage compatibility across native modules and third‑party libraries.
• Design and improve tooling that saves engineers time and helps them resolve issues independently.
• Partner with QA to lead Chime’s mobile release process across iOS and Android.
• Write documentation and guidance that scales your knowledge and empowers other engineers.

To thrive in this role, you have

• 5+ years of experience in cross‑platform, mobile development—ideally with React Native.
• Strong fluency in TypeScript and familiarity with React, React Native, and related libraries.
• Experience with iOS or Android build, configuration, and distribution systems.
• A track record of profiling and improving app performance.
• Familiarity with observability and analytics tools like Bugsnag, Datadog, Sentry, or Amplitude.
• Knowledge of GraphQL, Apollo, and schema generation. Experience with mobile CI/CD tools such as Bitrise, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions. A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and a drive to document and share what you build.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience with feature flag systems, runtime controls, or OTA delivery frameworks (e.g., Expo Updates, CodePush).
• Experience building and deploying AI‑supported engineering workflows, leveraging tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Figma Connect.
• Worked on mobile apps used by millions of users.
• Familiarity with state management tools like Redux, React Context, AsyncStorage, or MMKV.
• Helped define and scale mobile quality practices and testing frameworks.

Benefits

• In‑office work policy: four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near an office, 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.
• In‑office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute.
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
• Generous vacation policy and company‑wide Chime Days, bonus 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 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non‑birthing parents.
• Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• In‑person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, and delicious snack boxes.
• A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress.

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].

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