Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Blend; North Carolina; On-site; USD 129,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life & disability coverage

PTO & parental leave

EAP program

Wellness stipend

Milk Stork / pet insurance / volunteer

Job summary

Blend is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to scale Kubernetes (EKS) and Terraform-driven infrastructure, build internal tooling, and enable developer velocity. You will contribute to secure, scalable platform engineering that supports thousands of loans and complex workflows.

The role emphasizes coding in Go or similar languages, IaC discipline, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient systems across our cloud ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Strong, demonstrated experience authoring and operating Terraform in production, with IaC principles, modules, and state management.
• Proficient in one major programming language such as Go (preferred), TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Rust, C++, etc.
• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of Platform / SRE / Infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS preferred) at scale, with dynamic provisioning, autoscaling, multi-tenant workloads, and zero-downtime upgrades.
• Design and develop Infrastructure-as-Code using industry best practices.
• Maintain and enhance our internal developer platform, tooling, and infrastructure workflows.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Go

AWS

TypeScript/Node.js

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

Go

AWS

Docker

Job description

Blend is a diverse team of problem solvers who believe that the world's financial resources should be more accessible. Our cloud banking platform is used by Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, and over 330 other financial services firms to acquire more customers, increase productivity, and deliver end-to-end digital experiences. Our software enables our customers to process an average of more than $5 billion in loans per day, making it possible for consumers to reach their financial goals faster and lead better lives. Come do work that matters.

Position Overview

Blend is solving significant internal engineering challenges as we expand from processing thousands to millions of loans, at more and more lending organizations, and over an increasingly large part of the lifecycle of each loan. We're looking for engineers who are passionate about automation, scale, performance, security, and clean code.

Blend's Infrastructure team acts as a company within a company, empowering developers to ship their code faster and more securely. The work the team does is incredibly important and multiplies productivity across the entire organization. Two technologies sit at the core of everything we build: Kubernetes (EKS), which runs hundreds of services across our platform, and Terraform, through which we provision and operate nearly all of our cloud infrastructure as code.

We're looking for an Infrastructure Engineer with a deep focus on platform engineering to join our team. This role is ideal for someone who lives in Kubernetes and Terraform day to day and who thrives on building scalable systems and codifying infrastructure, a developer of internal tooling that enables developer velocity and operational excellence. This is not a traditional DevOps role, it's a software engineering position that embraces DevOps principles and infrastructure best practices to create resilient systems and empower teams.

Our Core Technologies

• Kubernetes (EKS): The backbone of our compute platform.
• Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code: Our source of truth for everything we own.
• Go: The language our internal developer tooling is built with.
• AWS: Our cloud provider and primary building platform.
• Docker: Standardized packaging for the workloads we run across the platform.

How you'll contribute

• Operate Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS preferred) at scale, supporting dynamic provisioning, intelligent autoscaling, secure multi-tenant workloads, and performing zero-downtime upgrades.
• Design and develop Infrastructure-as-Code using industry best practices.
• Maintain and enhance our internal developer platform, tooling, and infrastructure workflows.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents.

Who you are

• Extensive hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production
• Strong, demonstrated experience authoring and operating Terraform in production, with a solid grasp of Infrastructure-as-Code principles, module design, and state management.
• Proficient in one major programming language such as Go (preferred), TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Rust, C++, etc.
• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred).
• Proven track record of shipping and maintaining internal platforms, tooling, or developer infrastructure used at scale.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of Platform / SRE / Infrastructure experience.
• A team focused engineer that wants to collaborate with likeminded peers.
• Able to learn and contribute to a diverse set of projects both open source and internally developed.

Compensation:

• Base Salary Range: $129,000 - $152,000 (This applies to full time hires. Final offer determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to function, level, geographic location, job related knowledge, skills, and experience.)
• Bonus (if applicable): Eligibility is contingent upon both company performance against established goals and achievement of individual performance objectives.
• Equity : Meaningful Restricted Stock Units in public company stock (NYSE: BLND) so you share in Blend's long-term growth and success.

Our Benefits at a Glance

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health and work-life balance.

Health & Wellbeing

• We offer medical, dental, and vision benefits, with a generous employer contribution that helps keep your medical insurance costs low.
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
• Generous PTO, holidays, and maternity/parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): mental health, legal, childcare & eldercare, financial planning, college search, and more
• Voluntary benefits: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity theft, and legal insurance
• Monthly wellness stipend for fitness, mental health, and well-being
• Additional perks: Milk Stork, pet insurance, and paid volunteer time off

Growth & Future

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Pre-tax savings: healthcare & dependent care FSAs, Limited Purpose FSA, and HSA