Trust & Safety Senior Staff Engineer: Scale & Security Architect

Chime Financial, Inc; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 373,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office four days a week policy

Backup child/elder/pet care

Wellbeing and health benefits

Generous vacation and paid time off

Job summary

Chime Financial, Inc. is seeking Senior Staff and Staff Engineers to lead the Trust and Safety group, shaping the technical vision for foundational risk management platforms.

You will guide multiple teams, architect scalable back-end systems, and ensure security, reliability, and performance at scale across member experiences. You will mentor engineers, contribute to cross-team architecture decisions, and occasionally serve as Team Lead on projects, aligning technical decisions with Chime’s

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Built and evolved high-scale back-end solutions.
• Experience delivering end-to-end member features and systems.
• Strong competency in distributed systems, scalable platforms, and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape cross-functional vision.
• Design and evolve new capabilities and scalable APIs.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Backend engineering

Agile development

Job description

Chime Financial, Inc. is seeking Senior Staff and Staff Engineers to lead the Trust and Safety group, shaping the technical vision for foundational risk management platforms.

You will guide multiple teams, architect scalable back-end systems, and ensure security, reliability, and performance at scale across member experiences. You will mentor engineers, contribute to cross-team architecture decisions, and occasionally serve as Team Lead on projects, aligning technical decisions with Chime’s