Software Engineer, Communication Platform

About the role

We’re looking for a strong engineer who has a passion for building scalable systems and who can help drive and innovate on our communication platform at Chime! In this role, you would be developing fullstack, from building out our backend infrastructure, to defining the messaging interface on our apps for our members. As a foundational member of this team, you would drive key architectural changes to the layer that powers messaging for millions of members.

The Communication Platform team aims to provide a high quality platform to help our members work towards better financial health, while accelerating development velocity within Chime. As a small and nimble team, each person has a profound impact on the experience of each of our millions of users.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $133,000.00 and up to $184,000.00. 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

• Design, develop, test, release, and scale changes to our mobile and backend architecture
• Collaborate effectively with the cross functional team to solve complex problems within the team domain
• Develop thoroughly tested code and conduct quality assurance on all new code
• Work in a team as well as independently to deliver on goals to accelerate development velocity while delivering the best experience to our members

To thrive in this role, you have

• A minimum of 3 years experience of fullstack development
• Experience in backend development and frameworks (Bonus: GraphQL, Ruby)
• Experience in mobile development and frameworks (Bonus: React Native)
• Experience working cross functionally and collaborating well with team members
• Understanding of architectural patterns of large production services built for scale. Ability to safely make changes without disrupting and introducing regressions to millions of users.
• A passion for learning and sharing knowledge alongside teammates, with self-motivation and keen attention to detail
• A strong empathy for the users of the products you create

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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 emp