Software Engineer (Credit Risk Platform)

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k match

Generous vacation policy

Annual wellness stipend

Paid parental leave

In-office perks

Community support opportunities

Team-building events

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in San Francisco seeks driven engineers for its Credit Risk Platform team. The role involves designing and developing backend services that support various credit products. Candidates with 3+ years of software development experience and familiarity with Ruby on Rails are preferred. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $133,000 to $184,000, along with additional benefits including parental leave, wellness stipends, and community support initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing software in a production environment.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails or comparable frameworks.
• Experience working with relational databases and caching systems.
• Familiarity with distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong appreciation for maintainable, well-tested code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and tools.
• Contribute to reusable platform primitives.
• Build and improve workflows for Credit Risk teams.
• Integrate third-party data sources.
• Add instrumentation and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Software development

Ruby on Rails

APIs

Relational databases

Distributed systems

Data-driven systems

Job description

About the role

Chime Engineering is growing rapidly as we scale to support the financial needs of our members. We are looking for driven engineers to join our Credit Risk Platform team, where you’ll build backend services and internal tools that help Chime manage credit risk and losses across all of our credit products, including Loans, MyPay, SpotMe, and a growing pipeline of new credit products in development.

This team is building a shared risk platform that expands with every new product we launch. A key part of the mission is being able to onboard new credit products as a platform capability, not a reinvention of decisioning, controls, and monitoring each time. You’ll partner closely with Credit Risk, Product, Analytics, and Data Science to help risk experts iterate safely using better tooling, richer data, and clear guardrails. That includes integrating third-party data sources and building systems that are reliable, observable, and auditable, because they sit on the critical path of member experiences and credit outcomes.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $133,000 and up to $184,000. 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

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and internal tools that support risk strategy across multiple products (e.g., eligibility, limits, exposure tracking, policy enforcement)
• Contribute to reusable platform primitives that make it faster and safer to launch new credit products without duplicating risk decisioning and controls
• Build and improve workflows that enable Credit Risk teams to adjust strategies (rules, thresholds, segmentation) with appropriate guardrails and review processes
• Integrate third-party data sources used in decisioning and monitoring, including implementing data validation, error handling, and resilience to vendor changes
• Add instrumentation, dashboards, and alerts for key risk and loss signals, and participate in on-call/incident response as part of a supportive team rotation
• Collaborate with senior engineers to learn best practices in system design, testing, and operational excellence
• Proactively identify reliability and scalability improvements and drive them to completion with mentorship and feedback

To thrive in this role, you have

• 3+ years developing software in a production environment
• Experience with Ruby on Rails or comparable frameworks, building and operating APIs
• Experience working with relational databases and caching systems, and writing safe schema changes and migrations
• Familiarity with distributed systems fundamentals (async processing, idempotency, retries, backfills) and an interest in learning deeper system design
• A strong appreciation for maintainable, well-tested code and a willingness to improve existing systems, not just ship new ones
• Comfort working across teams to clarify requirements, communicate tradeoffs, and deliver incrementally
• Interest in data-driven systems and integrating external/third‑party data sources (fintech or risk experience is a plus, not required)

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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.
• 💻 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, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• 💚 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].

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