Software Engineer, Ruby

About the role

As a Software Engineer in the I Heart Ruby team, you'll work with one of the leaders of the Ruby community on the practice of software engineering using Ruby at Chime. The team’s focus is on improving the general Ruby practice, developing and supporting widely used Ruby projects and providing resources for Chime Engineers who are new to Ruby. You will also keep an eye out for new tools and practices that could inform development at Chime.

The I Heart Ruby team is part of a larger Engineering Services organization at Chime, that provides various tools and libraries that allow Engineers to build services more quickly and reliably. 

The ideal candidate will have Ruby experience and a passion to truly become a Ruby expert. If you love coding and you love Ruby, this is an incredible opportunity to uplevel your coding and Ruby expertise, as you are impacting and supporting the entire Ruby Engineering at Chime.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $119,000 and up to $207,300. 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

You Can Expect To

• Work with teams across Chime Engineering to support Ruby-related upgrades
• Create and maintain tooling that supports common Ruby processes across Chime
• Own the release process and roadmap for the main common Ruby gem
• Help with ongoing work to make performance improvements easier
• Help with onboarding for Ruby developers
• Help creating ongoing Ruby learning opportunities that bridge the gap between onboarding and Chime practice

To thrive in this role, you have

• Significant experience in Ruby and Rails, and more to the point, you are enthusiastic about learning and teaching Ruby tools
• Experience teaching and mentoring
• Some presence in the external Ruby community is a plus
• Knowledge of related technologies in use at Chime, including Google Protobufs, Twirp, MySQL and PostgreSQL is a plus.

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We’re passionate about developing solutions and services to empower people to succeed. Every day, we start with empathy for our members and stay motivated by our desire to support them in ways that make a meaningful difference. 

We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*-- founded on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and fair. Chime helps unlock the access and ability our members need to overcome the systemic barriers that block them from moving forward. By providing members with access to liquidity, rewards, and credit building, our easy-to-use tools and intuitive platforms give members the ability to have more control over their money and to take action toward achieving their financial ambitions.

So far, we’re well-loved by our members and proud to have helped millions of people unlock financial progress, whether they started a savings account, bought their first car or home, opened a business, or went to college. Every day, we’re inspired by our members’ dreams and successes, big and small. 

We’re uniting everyday people to unlock their financial progress—will you join us? 

*Chime partners with The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC, that power the bank accounts used by Chime Members.

What we offer

• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days 
• 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• 🧠 Mental health support with therapy and coaching through Modern Health
• 👶 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and an additional 6-8 weeks for birthing parents
• 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with up to $10k in reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• 💻 Hybrid work perks, like UrbanSitter and Kinside for backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• 🏢 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
• 🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice. 

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