Senior Engineering Manager, Data Eng

About the Role

Chime is looking for a seasoned engineering leader to help manage and guide the Data team to drive the company to build a scalable and self-serve data foundation. As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Data team, you will lead the effort to enable Chime to democratize data with stronger governance.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $198,990 and up to $281,900. 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

• Support our partners e.g analytics, product, data science and other stakeholders through providing high quality, reliable, and security data artifacts.
• Lead, mentor, and support engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and engagement. 
• Collaborate with engineers,engineering managers, product and project managers, privacy legal team to drive alignment and successful execution
• Lead a high-caliber team of engineers and managers to solve data problems.
• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement. Establish a sense of urgency and direction, set expectations with team and individuals.
• Partner with your team and other teams to prioritize work, triage issues and eliminate obstacles in the team’s path

To thrive in this role, you have

• 5+ years of experience managing data engineering teams.
• Strong experience in supporting teams to build scalable Data Models. 
• Proven track record leading teams to build and scale Data framework.
• Strong experience mentoring engineers and managers through considerate, timely and thoughtful feedback.
• A track record of identifying areas of improvement and implementing best practices to improve team and organization effectiveness 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for fostering collaboration and alignment among diverse stakeholders 
• Experience with AWS ecosystem
• Experience in Supporting teams to deliver solution on tech stack such as Spark,Snowflake, Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Key-Value store 
• Familiarity with scaling data systems with a focus on ROI
• Experience with supporting teams that have built scaled software platforms
• Strong advocate of data governance and data quality.

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 basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress. 

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer

• 🏢 A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
• 💻 Hybrid work perks like backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well