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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Chime · Chicago, IL · Platform Engineering

Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about something you automated in infrastructure that used to be done by hand.

What they are checking: Whether they live the automate everything mindset the team is built around.

Tell me about a self-service tool you built for other engineers. How did you know it was used?

What they are checking: Whether they build tools for real users and check that they solve the problem.

How have you used AI tools or agentic workflows in your infrastructure work?

What they are checking: Whether they would be an active adopter and advocate of AI tools, as the role asks.

Tell me about an incident you helped resolve and what you changed afterward.

What they are checking: Whether they learn from incidents and make lasting fixes so members can rely on Chime.

What would you do

A product team wants an exception to a security rule to ship faster. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they protect reliability and security in a financial company while staying helpful to partners.

About the work

How do you structure Terraform so many teams can change infrastructure safely?

What they are checking: Whether they understand modules, state management and review practices for infrastructure as code.

A Kubernetes service is crashing intermittently in production. How do you debug it?

What they are checking: Whether they can troubleshoot containers, resources and networking in a methodical way.

How would you design observability for a platform that serves millions of members?

What they are checking: Whether they know metrics, logs and traces and how to make them useful for reliability.

What does the 12 Factor App methodology mean to you, and why does it matter for infrastructure?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the design patterns the team uses to partner with product engineers.

Our tooling is written in Ruby on Rails and Go. How comfortable are you writing code in those languages?

What they are checking: Whether they can build and maintain the team's tooling, not just operate infrastructure.

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The full job description

As published by Chime.

About the role The Infrastructure Engineering organization comprises three sub-teams: Core Infrastructure (which manages the infrastructure systems that power Chime, including AWS, Networking, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Observability), Infra Platform , and Data Infra (which provides infrastructure support for the Data Engineering organization). This role is on the Core Infrastructure team , where we manage the Infrastructure components that power Chime and make sure our members are able to use Chime products reliably. This includes our Cloud operations, Observability layer and Compute layer. In this role, you can expect to • Automate everything, including scaling, monitoring, and operations. • Build tools to enable self-service both within the team and across all of Chime engineering. Tooling is written in Ruby on Rails and Go Lang. • Design, build, and support Chime's cloud infrastructure using automation and infrastructure-as-code. • Adapt new technologies to make Chime run as efficiently and reliably as possible. • Partner with product development engineers to build services according to modern design patterns; for example, the 12 Factor App methodology. • Develop strong relationships with engineers, managers, and other colleagues based on trust, empathy, and technical expertise. • Be a constant advocate and adopter of AI tools and evangelize agentic AI workflows in a way that is safe and reliable. To thrive in this role, you have • 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/ProdEng role supporting customer-facing web services. • Previous success in enabling effective partnerships and strong communication with other engineers and teams. • Experience managing Kubernetes clusters cloud hosted or self hosted. • Experience building and managing highly-available public cloud infrastructure and services, 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. • A positive attitude, a collaborative mindset, and a focus on the customer. • Experience with some of this tech - AWS services, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, Terraform #LI-WW1 #LI-Remote Below is the base salary offered for this role and level of experience. Full-time employees may also be eligible for bonus(es), competitive equity, and benefits. For commissioned roles, the base salary listed in this job description does not include incentive/variable pay. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience. Wage Notice $133,000 — $184,000 USD A little about us At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential. We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members. We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.  We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential. Because if we don't—who will? *Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC. What we offer for our full-time, regular employees • 🏢 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. • 💻 Benefits that support your work and life, including backup child, elder, and pet care and subsidized commuter benefits for eligible employees. • ✨ Comprehensive health, financial, and wellbeing benefits designed to support you at every stage of life. • 🏝 Generous vacation policy and 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 22 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents • 👪 Access to family planning reimbursement • 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: accommodations@chime.com . To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the  Chime Applicant Privacy Notice .

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