Director, Data Engineering (Data Foundations) at Chime SF

Chime is a US financial technology company offering fee-free banking, credit-building and lending products. Its Director of Data Engineering leads Data Foundations and Insights, the teams whose data powers almost every product, analytics and AI initiative at Chime. The director keeps product, analytics, ML, risk and business leaders confident in the data, and explains trade-offs such as batch versus real-time and build versus buy.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engineering managers and staff engineers
• Set the multi-year roadmap for data foundations
• Make sure data reflects the true state of the business
• Shape the data architecture for Chime's AI work
• Balance priorities across partner teams

Requirements

• Experience leading engineering organisations through managers
• Deep knowledge of modern data architecture
• Experience setting technical strategy with executives
• Sound judgement on architecture trade-offs at scale

Location and schedule

• San Francisco, CA
• In office four days a week

Salary and benefits

US base salary $269,000 to $373,000 a year. Chime offers benefits for full-time employees; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.