About the role

Chime is looking for a Software Engineer Intern to join our Design Systems team. By improving scalability in our design and development processes, the design systems team increases product development efficiency, improves collaboration, and saves Chime money on design and development costs. Beyond scalability, our work empowers product teams to craft visually delightful and cohesive experiences that resonate with our members. By providing the tools and components to build intuitive, accessible, and polished designs, we enable teams to focus on solving real problems for our members while creating moments of delight in a scalable way.

As a Software Engineer Intern on the Design Systems team, you’ll contribute to building and improving our internal design system. This internship is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience working on a production-grade design system while collaborating with cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and product managers. You’ll have the chance to work on impactful projects that directly enhance the user experience for millions of Chime members.

This role is structured as a 3 month engagement. The starting hourly rate offered for this role and target level of experience will begin at $34 and up to $49. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to 

  • Contribute to the development of reusable UI components for web and mobile platforms; Assist in implementing and maintaining design tokens
  • Collaborate with designers to translate Figma designs into pixel-perfect, accessible components.
  • Support documentation efforts to ensure design system components and patterns are well-documented for developers and designers.
  • Participate in team meetings, standups, and brainstorming sessions to align on goals and share progress.

To thrive in this role, you

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
  • Familiarity with front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.Basic knowledge of React. Bonus: React Native experience
  • Passion for design systems, UI/UX, and building reusable, scalable components.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, communication and collaborations skills 
  • Bonus:  Experience with design tools like Figma & Sketch

 

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.

Perks Once Full Time

  • 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
  • ✨ 401k match plus the usual medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
  • 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days
  • 🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers- think cooking classes, 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 create a completely new kind of banking service

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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