Data Governance Engineer

About The Role

The Data Governance function is pivotal in ensuring the integrity, trustworthiness, and effective management of Chime’s data assets. Our mission is to establish and operationalize data governance frameworks that not only meet compliance requirements, but actively enable high-confidence decision making across the company.  As a Data Governance Engineer, you will develop and implement policies and tools for data quality, developer enablement, certified datasets, and governance automation - with a sharp focus on building trust signals and scorecards that help data consumers quickly understand and act on the reliability of Chime's data.

This is a hands-on engineering role. You will write production-quality code to build automation for governance and data quality processes using Terraform, Python (or similar languages), and contribute to internal libraries, frameworks, and orchestration workflows that enable scalable governance.

You will partner closely with data engineering, analytics, product engineering, and compliance teams to:

Support Chime in

data compliance and risk reduction

initiatives

Establish

data quality as a product discipline

Build

trust signals and scorecards

that make data reliability transparent and data context valuable for a variety of use cases

Implement

governance workflows upstream

, where data are created

Ensure

data context and metadata are sufficient

for downstream use cases, including AI applications

You will be involved in reviews of technical designs and implementation plans to provide guidance on appropriate development from a data governance and compliance perspective, acting as a trusted advisor to teams innovating at Chime. You will also be a strong advocate and leader for Artificial Intelligence tooling and adoption at Chime, bringing curiosity and a practical eye for where AI creates leverage in data governance workflows. This role is

40% strategic influence

,

40% development and building

, and

20% stakeholder management

and support.

The base salary for this role and level of experience will begin at $160,000.00 and go up to $221,000.00. 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

Build Data Trust Infrastructure

Design and implement trust scorecards, trust signals, and quality indicators that give data consumers real-time visibility into data reliability - and partner with producers upstream to embed quality checks at the source before issues propagate downstream.

Drive Data Quality Strategy

Own and evolve Chime's data quality strategy end-to-end. Design and partner with engineering teams to implement data quality frameworks and monitoring systems that proactively identify, surface, and resolve data issues at scale.

Develop And Implement Data Governance Policies

Create and enforce policies for data classification, quality, and lifecycle management, ensuring data integrity and compliance with SOX and other applicable regulatory standards.

Enable The Data Catalog

Collaborate on the development, adoption, and enrichment of Chime's data catalog - improving discoverability, context richness (lineage, ownership, definitions, usage guidance), and the overall experience of working with Chime's data.

Automate Governance Processes

Develop and deploy automation solutions for data governance tasks, such as metadata management, data lineage tracking, access controls, and quality remediation workflows.

Champion Sox Compliance

Play an active role in Chime's SOX compliance efforts, ensuring that data governance practices, controls, and audit trails meet regulatory requirements and are well-documented.

Lead Ai Adoption For Data Governance

Serve as a leader and advocate for AI tooling within the data governance space - identifying opportunities to apply AI to automate governance workflows, improve data context, enhance trust scoring, and accelerate adoption of governance best practices across engineering teams.

Collaborate Across Teams

Work closely with data engineers, analysts, and compliance officers to align data governance initiatives with business needs and regulatory requirements.

To thrive in this role, you have

Experience

5+ years in data engineering, data governance, or a related field, with hands-on experience in data classification, cataloging, quality assurance, and trust frameworks. Engineering ability to design and implement data governance and quality processes is critical to success.

Trust & Quality Expertise

Demonstrated experience building data trust signals, quality scorecards, or similar frameworks that make data reliability visible and actionable for both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Programming Experience

Proficiency in Python or a comparable programming language, and experience building scalable data tooling or automation pipelines.

Curiosity And Relentlessness

You are genuinely curious about data, technology, and the problems that sit at the intersection of the two. You don't let ambiguity stop you - you dig in, ask the right questions, and keep pushing until you've found the right answer or built the right solution. You bring energy and persistence to hard problems and don't need external pressure to drive yourself forward.

Composure In Complexity

Data governance at a fintech means navigating competing priorities, regulatory constraints, sprawling data ecosystems, and stakeholders with different mental models of "good." You thrive in this environment rather than shrinking from it - you can hold complexity without getting overwhelmed, break it into manageable pieces, and make steady progress without waiting for perfect conditions.

Exceptional Communication

You are a terrific communicator in both verbal and written form. You can write a crisp one-pager that earns buy-in from a skeptical audience, run a meeting that ends with clarity instead of confusion, and translate deeply technical concepts into plain language that moves people to action. You treat communication as a core part of the job, not an afterthought.

Product Management Mindset

You think like a product manager as much as an engineer. You ask "who is this for and what problem does it solve?" before writing a line of code. You prioritize ruthlessly, define success before you start building, and care about adoption and outcomes - not just delivery. You treat your internal stakeholders as customers and design solutions with their experience in mind.

Ai Curiosity And Advocacy

Genuine curiosity about AI and its applications in the data governance space, with an appetite for identifying and piloting new tools and workflows that improve the experience of working with Chime's data.

Technical Proficiency

Strong knowledge of data governance tools and platforms, and experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake. Experience with data catalog platforms and driving adoption across engineering organizations is a strong plus.

Bonus: Compliance Knowledge

Familiarity with SOX, CCPA, and other data privacy and financial regulations, and ability to apply technical skills to governance practices that meet audit and compliance requirements.

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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 core banking services should be helpful, easy, 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 For Our Full-time, Regular Employees

🏢 Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location. Whether you’re coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you’ll stay engaged with your work and teammates.

💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute

💰 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 sup