# Director Engineering at Chime

- Company: Chime
- What the company does: Backed by SoftBank VF, ICONIQ and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.chime.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/chime/jobs/8681193002?gh_jid=8681193002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chime-director-engineering/

## About the role

Chime is looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our AI & App Experience (AAX) organization — the team building the next generation of the Chime member experience. AAX owns Jade, Chime’s AI-powered financial assistant, our AI platform infrastructure as well as the core app experiences and shared design system.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing managers or leading multi-team engineering organizations
- A track record of building and scaling AI/LLM-powered consumer products, with the technical depth to guide future investments and technical direction
- Experience hiring, developing, and retaining engineering leaders (TLM’s and Staff+ ICs), and building leadership pipelines and succession plans
- Strong technical fundamentals across relevant parts of the stack (e.g., React Native, Python or Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, distributed systems) and the judgment to know where to go deep
- Demonstrated ability to translate company and product strategy into multi-quarter engineering plans, and to adapt org design as priorities and scale evolve
- Excellent executive communication skills — you can craft a compelling narrative that connects org strategy to business outcomes for senior leaders and cross-functional partners

Tags: AI & App Experience Engineering