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Chime Financial, Inc

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USAmidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Join Chime's Data Infra team as a Software Engineer to build and operate foundational infrastructure supporting data workflows at scale. You'll work across deployment platforms (Airflow, Flink) and managed databases (DynamoDB, RDS), writing infrastructure-as-code and managing Kubernetes environments in a high-impact generalist role.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain deployment infrastructure for data engineering workflows including Airflow, Flink, and chalk.ai
  • Own and operate DynamoDB and RDS database infrastructure serving multiple teams
  • Write infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and manage production Kubernetes workloads
  • Partner with Data Engineering to translate requirements into scalable infrastructure solutions
  • Drive reliability improvements through observability, capacity planning, and operational best practices
  • Lead infrastructure changes from design through implementation and deployment

What they're looking for

  • Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
  • Kubernetes production management
  • AWS services (DynamoDB, RDS)
  • Python or similar programming language
  • Systems thinking and reliability design
  • Data ingestion and ETL pipeline experience
  • Backend or platform systems engineering
  • Cross-team communication and autonomous problem-solving

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary ($133,000–$184,000)
  • Performance bonus eligibility
  • Equity package
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Remote work (USA-based)
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Chime Financial, Inc

Chime Financial, Inc builds financial products and services for millions of members, including earned wage access, instant loans, and membership features. The company is hiring full-stack engineers, backend service developers, trust and safety engineers, and ML platform engineers to build scalable systems powering member engagement, risk management, lending, and financial transactions.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a production incident you experienced with Kubernetes or Terraform—what went wrong and how did you resolve it?
  • Describe your experience operating DynamoDB and/or RDS at scale. What challenges have you encountered with managed databases?
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