Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Tech Platform

Who We Are

Imprint is building a next-generation co-branded credit card company to serve America’s great brands. Some of our partners include H-E-B, Turkish Airlines, Brooks Brothers, and Eddie Bauer. Imprint is backed by Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, and Affirm. We are focused on building a brilliant team who want to change payments and who embody Imprint’s Operating Principles.

The Team

The Tech Platform Engineering Team at Imprint is at the forefront of democratizing access to cutting-edge technologies, empowering teams across our organization to innovate and excel. Driven by our vision to redefine the Fintech landscape, our team is committed to building a secure, highly available infrastructure and arming our engineers with a comprehensive development toolchain, empowering them to bring to life world-class products swiftly.

Location

This role can be remote OR hybrid. If hybrid, you may split between working remotely and working onsite from either our San Francisco, New York, or Seattle offices, 2-3 days a week as required by your manager.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of infrastructure solutions that ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency to support our growing customer base.
• Define architectural standards and best practices for critical infrastructure components, ensuring high engineering standards across the organization.
• Continuously monitor and enhance existing infrastructure to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Implement and advocate for best practices in system design, performance optimization, testing, and security measures to protect organizational data and systems.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering team members, fostering an environment that encourages learning and growth.
  
  

What We Look For

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing highly available, scalable, and high-performance backend systems.
• 8+ years managing AWS infrastructure with deep technical expertise.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proven success in designing and operating cloud-native networking solutions, including managing service meshes like Istio.
• Experience managing both SQL and NoSQL databases, such as MySQL Aurora, Redis, and DynamoDB.
• Proficient in Terraform and/or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, including writing and maintaining reusable modules, implementing best practices for code organization and versioning, and automating the provisioning and management of scalable infrastructure
• Familiar with chaos engineering principles and experienced in implementing robust disaster recovery strategies.
• Proficient in creating declarative, self-service infrastructure platforms that enable engineers to seamlessly provision, scale, and monitor resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Relevant certifications such as CKA, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional)
• Track record of managing mission-critical, 24x7 production software systems
  
  

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Leading configured work computers of your choice
• Flexible paid time off
• Fully covered, high-quality healthcare including fully covered dependent coverage
• Additional health coverage includes access to One Medical and option to enroll in an FSA
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks for all new parents
• An understanding that successful hybrid work requires flexibility and an appreciation for asynchronous work
• Access to industry-leading technology across all of our business units — stemming from our philosophy that we should invest in resources for our team that foster innovation, optimization, and productivity
  
  

Imprint is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Imprint is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Imprint welcomes talented individuals from all backgrounds who want to build the future of payments and rewards. If you are passionate about FinTech and eager to grow, let’s move the world forward, together.

Compensation Range: $200K - $250K