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Software Engineer, Financial Platform

San Francisco Office💼 Full-time💰 $133,000–$133,000🗓 2026-06-22 → 2026-07-31

Core

Build a highly reliable, scalable financial platform serving as the backbone for Chime's core banking activities for millions of members.

Role type

Senior backend software engineer (financial platform)

Builds

New financial platform components, secure infrastructure, and high-performance APIs

Domain

Financial technology / Banking infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Go, backend system development, payment processing systems, rigorous testing practices, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD environments

Preferred skills

Ruby, Java, Python, No-SQL databases, AWS, architectural patterns for large-scale services

Technologies

Go, Ruby, Java, Python, AWS, No-SQL, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and deploy components of a new financial platform; Deliver secure, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure and APIs; Work with infrastructure engineering to minimize operational overhead; Develop thoroughly tested code and conduct quality assurance; Participate in on-call rotation for incident response

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## Responsibilities - Design, develop, test, and deploy components of a new financial platform - Deliver secure, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure and APIs - Work with our infrastructure engineering team to minimize the operational overhead of production systems you deploy - Develop thoroughly tested code and conduct quality assurance on all new code alongside our QA team - Learn and execute on agile methodologies, follow test driven development approach - Engineers are required to participate in on-call rotation. Being on call may include responding to incidents outside of regular working hours when necessary ## Requirements - Must have experience in Go - Experience in additional backend languages such as Ruby, Java and Python is preferred - Have 4+ years of engineering experience - Have contributed to the development of backend systems - Have experience in payment processing systems - Take a rigorous approach to testing backed development - Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms, Cloud Native technology, No-SQL Databases as a bonus - Have an understanding of architectural patterns of large, mission-critical production services as a bonus - Have worked in continuous integration/deployment environments as a bonus - Please note: If you are located in Seattle, you will be required to onboard in person at our SF HQ + occasional business travel ## Benefits - 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 ## A little about us - We are looking for a Software Engineer to help build our new financial platform that is highly reliable, scalable, and will serve as the backbone for Chime. This platform will power the most important financial activities that millions of Chime members undertake every day. You will ensure that we build the highest levels of trust with our members by making our platform lightning-fast, available, secure, resilient and auditable. This is an exciting opportunity to be an invaluable member of a strategically important initiative for Chime.
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