Senior Software Engineer (Chicago)
Chime
21 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA
Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$164k - $227k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive technical design and architectural decisions while mentoring engineers.
- Lead and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously.
- Build and maintain robust, low-latency APIs and backend services.
- Become the domain expert in platform architecture.
- Partner with data engineers, analysts, and product managers to ship impactful features.
- Improve platform reliability and performance through thoughtful architecture and automation.
- Evolve experimentation, policy lifecycle, and ML integration capabilities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing software in a production environment at scale.
- Prior experience serving as a technical lead for a team and on complex projects.
- Proven experience with Ruby on Rails or comparable frameworks.
- Experience with transactional databases and caching systems.
- Deep understanding of architectural patterns for large-scale web applications.
- Commitment to mentoring engineers and fostering team development.
- An appreciation of maintainable and well-tested code.
- Curiosity and passion for diving deeply into system architectures.
Benefits
- In-office work policy with four days in the office and Fridays from home.
- In-office perks including backup child, elder, and pet care.
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
- Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid days off.
- 1% of your time off to support local community organizations.
- Annual wellness stipend for eligible wellness-related expenses.
- Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents.
- Access to family planning tools with significant reimbursement options.
- In-person and virtual events to connect with fellow employees.
Tech Stack
Ruby on Rails
Categories
AI & MLBackendData EngineeringDevOpsFull Stack