Chime

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Chime
Apply
3 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$133k - $184k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain deployment infrastructure for Data Engineering workflows, including Airflow, Flink, and chalk.ai environments.
  • Own and operate DynamoDB and RDS infrastructure for data engineering and platform teams.
  • Write infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and manage production workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Partner with Data Engineering to translate requirements into scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions.
  • Drive platform reliability improvements through observability, capacity planning, and operational hygiene.
  • Participate in the full lifecycle of infrastructure changes, including design, build, test, and release.
  • Help scale the Data Infra team's practices as Chime grows.

Requirements

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

Benefits

  • Four days per week in the office and Fridays from home for employees near an office, with a fully remote program also available.
  • Backup child, elder, and pet care and a subsidized commuter benefit.
  • 401(k) match and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
  • Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid Chime Days.
  • Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
  • Annual wellness stipend and access to Maven family-planning benefits.
  • In-person and virtual employee events.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache AirflowApache FlinkAWSKubernetesPythonTerraform

Categories

BackendData EngineeringDevOps
Chime

About Chime

1,001-5,000 employees

Chime builds a consumer banking app offering checking and savings accounts with a debit card, early direct deposit, fee-free overdraft, and a secured credit-builder card, delivered via partner banks The Bancorp Bank, N.A. and Stride Bank, N.A. It earns primarily from interchange on card transactions rather than monthly fees. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the company serves millions of U.S. customers and is privately held.

Contact me