Engineering Manager, Security Engineering

About the role

Chime is seeking an Engineering Manager with a strong technical background to lead and scale our Security Engineering function. This is not just a people management role — we need someone who deeply understands security engineering challenges, can architect security solutions, and is capable of guiding engineers technically while driving strategic security initiatives.

The Security Engineering team at Chime builds core security services, frameworks, and platforms that enable security by design across all of engineering. Additionally, this team partners with Trust & Safety, Risk, and Product teams to build security-related member features such as the Security Center, Passkeys, and other security-driven innovations for our member-facing applications. 

This team has driven game-changing security innovations at Chime, including:

• Monocle – A proactive security tool that integrates security seamlessly into engineering workflows. (Read more)
• Access Service – A self-service system for granting and revoking privileged access, eliminating 99% of persistent access risks. (Conference Talk)
• Service-to-Service Authentication & Authorization Platform – A platform solution that enables secure inter-service communication. (Conference talk)
• Overwatch – A security scan orchestration platform, aiming to quickly and scalably discover vulnerabilities in our code before they make it to production. (Conference Talk)  

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $176,490 and up to $245,100. 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.

In this role, you can expect to 

• Lead and Scale Security Engineering – Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of security and software engineers.
• Define and Execute Security Engineering Strategy – Set clear objectives and key results for the security engineering team. Build and maintain secure frameworks, libraries, and security services that integrate seamlessly into Chime’s engineering ecosystem.
• Provide Hands-on Technical Leadership – Guide engineers in designing scalable security solutions, enforcing best practices, and ensuring efficient implementation.
• Partner with IT, Engineering and Product Teams – Work closely with teams across Chime to embed security in product development while balancing security and business priorities.
• Drive the Security Engineering Roadmap – Collaborate with Security Leadership to define and track long-term security initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and innovation.
• Foster a Security-First Culture – Promote learning, continuous improvement, and a proactive security mindset across the company.

To thrive in this role, you have

• Strong Engineering Background – Experience as a security, software, or infrastructure engineer before moving into leadership. Ability to dive deep into technical discussions and guide engineers on security implementation. Hands-on experience with Go, Python, or Ruby is a plus.
• Technical expertise across security principles, network security, cloud security, identity and access management, encryption. 
• 2+ Years Proven Ability Leading a High-Functioning Technical Team – Experience managing security or engineering functions, driving execution, collaborating across functions and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Security Engineering Expertise – Hands-on experience building security tooling, automation, authentication frameworks, encryption services, or secure infrastructure. 
• Influence at Scale – Ability to shape security strategy by collaborating with security leadership and influencing broader security programs across the organization.
• Developer & Customer Focus – Passion for making security seamless for developers, ensuring security enhances rather than hinders innovation. Strong communication and leadership skills to align teams on security priorities.
• Ensure compliance with industry security standards and regulatory requirements (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc)
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Certifications (preferred): CISSP, CISM, or other relevant security certifications. 

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress. 

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. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer

• 🏢 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
• 💻 Hybrid work perks like backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off 
• 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• 👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• 🎉 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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