Job brief: Director, Data Engineering

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Chime's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-13 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-13.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Chime's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $269,000 to $373,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA, USA · San Francisco Office
• Posted: 2026-11-12

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Director".

Must have

• 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.

Conditions

• 🏢 Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company…

Main duties

• Lead and grow an organization of engineering managers and staff engineers, setting a high bar for quality, reliability and ownership.
• Build strong partnerships with product, analytics, ML, risk and business leaders, and keep them confident in what your org delivers.
• Set the multi-year technical vision and roadmap for Chime's data foundations, and tie each investment to business and member outcomes.
• Make sure our data reflects the true end state of the business, so analysts and AI tools can trust it and act on it.
• Shape the data architecture that underpins Chime's AI transformation, making the right foundational calls early.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for data and analytics jobs in San Francisco, CA: $165k a year (112 listings, 26 employers). This listing is 95% higher.
• Across Chime's 68 open listings, 34% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Chime hires

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