Software Engineer, Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain deployment infrastructure for Data Engineering workflows, encompassing Airflow, Flink, and chalk.ai environments.

• Oversee and manage Chime's primary storage technologies — DynamoDB and RDS — catering to both data engineering and platform teams.

• Create infrastructure-as-code utilizing Terraform and handle workloads on Kubernetes in a production environment.

• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering to convert their requirements into scalable and dependable infrastructure solutions.

• Propel reliability enhancements across the platform — focusing on observability, capacity planning, and operational best practices.

• Engage in the complete lifecycle of infrastructure modifications: design, build, test, and deployment.

• Contribute to the evolution of the Data Infra team's practices as Chime expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in software engineering, emphasizing infrastructure, platform, or backend systems.

• Practical production experience with Terraform and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of AWS, especially managed database services like DynamoDB and RDS.

• Proficient programming skills in Python or a comparable language.

• A systems-thinking approach — you design with reliability, scalability, and maintainability in mind from the outset.

• Capability to work independently on ambiguous challenges and communicate effectively across teams.

• Experience with data ingestion and ETL pipelines is a significant advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.

• 401k match alongside excellent medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

• Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, resulting in bonus company-wide paid days off.

• Access to Maven, a family planning resource, providing $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.

• Annual wellness stipend for eligible wellness-related expenses.

• In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, along with a subsidized commuter benefit to ease your regular commute.

• Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Opportunities for in-person and virtual events to connect with fellow Chimers—such as cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, and delightful snack boxes!