Trust & Safety Architect — Senior Staff Engineer

Chime Financial, Inc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 373,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, financial, and 7

Job summary

Chime is seeking Senior Staff and Staff Engineers to lead the Trust and Safety group, guiding architectural decisions and shaping scalable backend solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive end-to-end member-facing features, and collaborate with product leadership to align cross-functional vision.

The role emphasizes high-scale systems, secure and reliable infrastructure, and influence across multiple teams, with hybrid work options in Chicago and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Built and evolved high-scale back-end solutions.
• Experience leading multiple teams and guiding architecture.
• Passion for end-to-end member facing features.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and architectural guidance across teams.
• Design and evolve capabilities for Trust and Safety systems.
• Deliver secure, reliable, high-performance infrastructure and APIs.
• Mentor engineers and sometimes act as Team Lead.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend architecture

Team leadership

Mentoring engineers

Agile methodologies

Job description

Chime is seeking Senior Staff and Staff Engineers to lead the Trust and Safety group, guiding architectural decisions and shaping scalable backend solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive end-to-end member-facing features, and collaborate with product leadership to align cross-functional vision.

The role emphasizes high-scale systems, secure and reliable infrastructure, and influence across multiple teams, with hybrid work options in Chicago and competitive compensation.