Chime Financial, Inc
Software Engineer, AI Enablement
San Francisco, CA, USA · Full-time
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Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $165,131 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- As a Software Engineer on the AI Enablement team, you will contribute to the internal platforms, primitives, and guardrails that make AI a trusted co-pilot for employees across Chime.
- You'll work on systems like Archimedes, Bosun, and easyRAG that power internal AI assistants, developer workflows, and retrieval-backed applications.
- This team defines Chime's golden paths for AI: opinionated but flexible patterns that help teams move quickly while maintaining safety, reliability, cost control, and governance.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you'll build on and extend these patterns - shipping real features on production AI platforms while developing your depth in AI-specific engineering practices.
- You'll collaborate with Platform Engineering, Security, Risk, Legal, and product teams to build scalable, well-governed systems that support internal AI use cases from early prototyping through production adoption.
- Contribute to and extend internal AI platforms such as Archimedes, Bosun, and easyRAG, helping teams develop and scale LLM-powered applications and workflows
- Build features that let teams launch AI-powered assistants and workflows in a standardized, observable, and governed way
- Partner with Security, Risk, and Legal to implement guardrails for responsible AI development and usage
- Build reusable platform capabilities such as APIs, SDKs, templates, and shared services that make it easier to develop safe, high-quality AI-powered tools
- Collaborate with engineers across Chime to embed AI into internal tools, workflows, and employee experiences
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to teammates and cross-functional partners
Requirements
- To thrive in this role, you have
- Hands-on experience working with LLMs or ML services, or strong curiosity and a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into AI-specific tooling
- Familiarity with - or eagerness to learn - AI-specific engineering concerns such as evaluation, prompt and version management, observability, cost control, safety, and data privacy
Compensation
- Below is the base salary offered for this role and level of experience.
- For commissioned roles, the base salary listed in this job description does not include incentive/variable pay.
- The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
Company info
- Wage Notice $133,000 - $184,000 USD A little about us At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress.
- From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life.
- Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.
- Whether you're coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you'll stay engaged with your work and teammates.
This listing is sourced directly from Chime Financial, Inc's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.