Infrastructure Engineer

Chalk; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA)

Expert Healthcare Guidance

Retirement savings

15 company holidays each year

15 days of personal time off each year

Flex Commuter Benefits

Daily lunch and dinner on Chalk

Fully-stocked office with drinks and snacks

Dinner and Uber/Lyft home for late stays

Job summary

Chalk is seeking a Platform Engineer in San Francisco to join their Infrastructure team. The role involves automating infrastructure management, working with AWS and GCP, and collaborating closely with Engineering and Sales. Required qualifications include at least 2 years of experience, proficiency in Python and experience with Terraform. The compensation range is competitive, at $170K - $280K, along with equity options. The company's benefits include comprehensive health insurance, retirement savings, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience writing software for infrastructure management.
• Experience with AWS and/or GCP.
• Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical individuals.

Responsibilities

• Automate orchestration and provisioning of infrastructure.
• Manage deployment of Chalk into cloud accounts across AWS and GCP.
• Work closely with Engineering and Sales teams.
• Help interview and grow the Engineering team.

Skills

Infrastructure management

Python

Go

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

About Chalk

Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applications. We tear down complexity, latency, and scale barriers that have traditionally constrained ML capabilities. Our platform combines Rust-speed performance with elegant tools that developers love to use. Leading companies depend on Chalk for everything from stopping fraudulent credit card swipes, verifying identities, and maximizing clean energy capture. We've recently raised a $50 million Series A, led by Felicis.

About The Role

We are hiring exceptional engineers to join the Infrastructure team. This is an opportunity to join us in-person as an early employee and make a large impact at a high growth start-up. You will tackle challenging engineering problems with a high degree of autonomy and ownership. We are looking for a platform engineer with a strong background in infrastructure engineering. At Chalk we are solving problems drawn from the fields of DBMS query planning & optimization, compilers, and distributed analytical data processing systems. Chalk uses dynamic and static analysis of Python programs in order to optimize arbitrary user Python code, infers and orchestrates infrastructure implied by the structure of that code, and tracks metadata about flow of data through these systems. We're in the office 5 days a week. When unavoidable conflicts come up, we’re flexible. This is not a hybrid role.

What You Will Do

• Write code to automate orchestration and provisioning of infrastructure to execute Chalk technology for Chalk customers and prospects.
• Build a platform for managing our hosted platform, and for managing the deployment of Chalk into customer-owned cloud accounts across AWS and GCP
• Work closely with our Engineering and Sales teams
• Help interview and grow the Engineering team

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years experience writing software to automate infrastructure management
• Proficient in Python, Go, and/or Terraform
• Experienced in working with AWS and/or GCP
• Ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals
• Experience working closely with sales teams and customers is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Bonus points

• Previous experience working with ML/data products or services
• Have experience setting up hosted cloud resources for multiple companies
• Understanding of Machine Learning Ops/Infrastructure

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Expert Healthcare Guidance
• Retirement savings
• 15 company holidays each year
• 15 days of personal time off each year
• Flex Commuter Benefits
• Daily lunch and dinner on Chalk
• Office is fully-stocked with drinks and snacks to fuel your work day.
• Staying late? Dinner is on us
• Staying even later? Grab an Uber / Lyft home on Chalk

Compensation

Chalk offers early team members a generous salary + equity package based on experience and competitive benefits. Actual compensation awarded to successful candidates will be based on several factors, including but not limited to: market, location, scope of the position and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Our comprehensive total package plays a major role in how we recognize individuals for the impact they will have on Chalk’s growth and us achieving our goals.

Compensation Range: $170K - $280K

Inclusivity

Chalk is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion and provide reasonable accommodations to anyone in need of individualized support.