Infrastructure Engineer - Core Banking & Payments

Column; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision plans

Fertility benefits via Carrot

Rent subsidy near office

FSA and HSA options

401k plan

Flexible time-off

Paid parental leave

Backup childcare reimbursements

Catered lunches & dinners

Commuter benefits

Team building events

Job summary

Column is building financial technology and a transparent banking stack. You’ll own core infrastructure powering payments, developer tools, and platform services as Column scales to handle billions daily.

This role emphasizes performance and reliability, with direct integrations to the Federal Reserve and real-time networks, CI/CD pipelines, and robust observability. Column offers strong compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain critical infrastructure: compute, storage, networking, security, and observability systems
• Own core banking infrastructure, including direct integrations with the Federal Reserve and real-time payment networks
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and release engineering workflows
• Improve system resiliency and availability through better monitoring, testing, and automation
• Lead platform initiatives like authentication/authorization, change data capture, and cross-cutting APIs
• Operate close to the metal: optimize performance, reliability, and correctness across our systems
• Uphold the highest standards for system safety, especially in a regulated, mission-critical environment

Job description

Column is building financial technology and a transparent banking stack. You’ll own core infrastructure powering payments, developer tools, and platform services as Column scales to handle billions daily.

This role emphasizes performance and reliability, with direct integrations to the Federal Reserve and real-time networks, CI/CD pipelines, and robust observability. Column offers strong compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.