[Remote] Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chime is a financial technology company focused on helping individuals achieve financial progress. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Data Infra team, responsible for building and maintaining the foundational platform for Data Engineering workflows and storage technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain deployment infrastructure for Data Engineering workflows, including Airflow, Flink, and chalk.ai environments
• Own and operate Chime's core storage technologies — DynamoDB and RDS — serving both data engineering and platform teams
• Write infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and manage workloads on Kubernetes in production
• Partner closely with Data Engineering to translate their needs into scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions
• Drive reliability improvements across the platform — observability, capacity planning, and operational hygiene
• Participate in the full lifecycle of infrastructure changes: design, build, test, and ship
• Help shape how the Data Infra team scales its practices as Chime grows

Skills

• 2–4 years of software engineering experience with a focus on infrastructure, platform, or backend systems
• Hands-on production experience with Terraform and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with AWS, particularly managed database services like DynamoDB and RDS
• Strong programming skills in Python or a similar language
• A systems-thinking mindset — you design for reliability, scalability, and maintainability from the start
• The ability to work autonomously on ambiguous problems and communicate clearly across teams
• Experience with data ingestion and ETL pipelines is a strong plus

Benefits

• 🏢 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 support local community organizations of your choice
• 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• 👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• 🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!

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