Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Chime

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Chicago, ILNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
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91 days ago
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About Chime

Chime is a financial technology company offering mobile-first banking services including fee-free checking accounts, savings accounts, and a secured credit builder card through partner banks. Industry: Financial Technology & Neobanking

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Infrastructure

As a Software Engineer, Infrastructure, you will join the Data Infra team to build and operate the foundational platform that supports reliable data engineering workflows at scale. You will manage the deployment of Airflow and Flink environments while owning core storage infrastructure, specifically DynamoDB and RDS. Your daily responsibilities include writing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, managing workloads on Kubernetes in production, and driving reliability improvements through observability and capacity planning. To succeed, you must possess strong programming skills in Python or similar languages and have hands-on experience with AWS managed database services. You will collaborate closely with data engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions for the data platform. This role focuses on creating durable infrastructure components that serve as the essential foundation for internal data processing and storage systems.

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What you'll do

  • Build and maintain deployment infrastructure for Airflow, Flink, and chalk.ai environments.
  • Own and operate core storage technologies including DynamoDB and RDS.
  • Write infrastructure-as-code using Terraform to manage production workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Translate Data Engineering requirements into scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.
  • Drive platform reliability through observability, capacity planning, and operational hygiene.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of infrastructure changes from design and build to testing and shipping.
  • Develop and scale internal practices for the Data Infrastructure team as the company grows.

What we're looking for

  • 2–4 years of software engineering experience focusing on infrastructure, platform, or backend systems.
  • Hands-on production experience with Terraform and Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with AWS services, specifically managed databases like DynamoDB and RDS.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or a similar language.
  • Ability to design for reliability, scalability, and maintainability using a systems-thinking mindset.
  • Ability to work autonomously on ambiguous problems and communicate clearly across teams.
  • Experience with data ingestion and ETL pipelines is a plus.

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