The Data engineering team has been created keeping in mind the importance and criticality of data for the overall success of Chime.  The mission of the group is to build a scalable data platform that caters to the future of the data at Chime.  As one of the initial members of data infrastructure, you will have the rare opportunity to build scalable data systems from scratch.  Additionally, you will have the unique opportunity to architect and build workflows that could potentially become de facto standards for the fintech industry.

This job cannot be performed in the state of Colorado.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Be a hands-on data engineer, building, scaling and optimizing real time pipelines
• Design and develop self served data infrastructure which will serve as the core foundation of democratization data @chime Mission.
• Design and develop stream processing infrastructure 
• Design and develop real time pipelines with sub seconds latency 
• Work closely with partner teams, like Data Science, Risk and fraud teams

To thrive in this role, you have:

• 5+ years of expertise with batch and real time processing infrastructure  
• 3+ years of hands-on experience MPP systems like Spark, Flink. 
• 2+ years hands-on experience on developing  with schema format e.g protobuf, Avro, ORC etc 
• 2+ years hands-on experience on developing and scaling stream processing pipelines
• 3+ years of experience writing and deploying Python, Java or Scala code
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing solutions for Data lake 
• Track record of successful partnerships with ML,  product, engineering and DevOps teams 
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically which scale to meet future needs
• Experience with AWS ecosystem is plus
• Hands-on experience on SQL basics

A little about us

We created Chime because we believe everyone deserves financial peace of mind. By eliminating unnecessary fees and helping people grow their savings automatically, we’ve empowered millions of Americans to take control of their finances.

Chime is the largest and fastest-growing U.S. player in the challenger-banking space. Through our banking partners, we offer access to bank accounts with fee-free overdraft, provide members the chance to receive early access to their paychecks, help them improve their credit, and more!

We’ve built one of the most experienced leadership teams in Fintech and were recently valued at over $25.5B. We’ve raised over $1.7B in funding from leading investors including Sequoia Capital Global Equities, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, DST, Coatue, Iconiq, Menlo Ventures and others.

What we offer

• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus the usual medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 📝  Quarterly stipend to spruce up your home office 
• 🏝  Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days 
• 🖥  Virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers- think cooking classes, 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 create a completely new kind of banking service

We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive, teams. At Chime, we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members, and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice. 

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