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ChimeChimeSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Build and operate foundational data infrastructure at Chime, owning deployment platforms (Airflow, Flink) and core storage (DynamoDB, RDS). Requires 2+ years infrastructure/backend experience, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, and Python.

133k – 184k
Hybrid2+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

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

Requirements

  • 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

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with data ingestion and ETL pipelines is a strong plus

Compensation

  • Base salary: $133,000 - $184,000 (may be higher depending on location, skills, qualifications, and experience)
  • Eligible for bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits

Skills

TerraformKubernetesAWSDynamoDBRdsPythonAirflowFlinkInfrastructure As CodeETL

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