Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Chime

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Work type
Remote
Location
Chicago, ILNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$133,000–$184,000 / yr
Posted
109 days ago
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This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $158k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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

Chime currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $164,000–$251,500 across 40 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Infrastructure

The Software Engineer, Infrastructure joins the Core Infrastructure team to manage the systems powering Chime products, including cloud operations, the observability layer, and the compute layer. You will automate scaling, monitoring, and operations while building self-service tools for the engineering organization. Key responsibilities include designing and supporting cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code, adapting new technologies for efficiency, and partnering with product development engineers to build services following the 12 Factor App methodology. You will utilize Ruby on Rails, Go Lang, AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, and Terraform. The role requires managing highly-available public cloud infrastructure, relational or no-SQL databases, message buses, and caching services. You will ensure stability, scalability, and security for customer-facing web services while advocating for safe and reliable agentic AI workflows.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Illinois?

Median $162050 from 79 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and support cloud infrastructure using automation and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Automate scaling, monitoring, and operations for core infrastructure systems.
  • Build self-service tools for engineering teams using Ruby on Rails and Go Lang.
  • Manage Kubernetes clusters and highly-available public cloud services.
  • Maintain Terraform modules and configuration management tools.
  • Support relational/no-SQL databases, message buses, and caching services.
  • Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.
  • Advocate for and implement safe, reliable agentic AI workflows.

What we're looking for

  • More than 2 years of cloud and infrastructure experience.
  • Strong development experience in Ruby on Rails and Go Lang.
  • Previous professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or ProdEng role supporting customer-facing web services.
  • Experience managing cloud-hosted or self-hosted Kubernetes clusters.
  • Experience building and managing highly-available public cloud infrastructure with an emphasis on stability, scalability, and security.
  • Experience using configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools, including maintaining Terraform modules.
  • Experience supporting relational or no-SQL databases, message buses, caching services, and other common service components.
  • Familiarity with common monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.

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