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Chess.com is hiring an Analysis Infrastructure Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining the world’s largest chess game analysis cluster and its cross-platform C++ chess analysis library. The role involves shipping improvements, designing APIs and system architecture, and creating automation tools to enhance team productivity.

Highlights

Develop and optimize a cross-platform C++ chess analysis library powering various chess services.
Maintain and improve the chess game analysis cluster serving millions of players daily.
Create developer automation tools including CI/CD workflows and Slack integrations.
Participate in system architecture and API design discussions at both application and distributed system levels.
Required proficiency in C++, Go, or Python with at least 5+ years of professional software development experience.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, Kubernetes, Protocol Buffers, and Linux/Unix environments.
Fluent in Git and GitHub workflows including branching strategies and code reviews.
Experience with AI coding tools and eagerness to learn new technologies.
End-to-end ownership from design through deployment and support.
Full-time, fully remote position supporting a global chess community.

Analysis Infrastructure Engineer Full Description

Analysis Infrastructure Engineer
Engineering

Remote

About Us

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.

We are a team of 600+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 200M+ chess players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the community!

We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.

About You

You take pride in writing high-quality, high-performance code, and enjoy working with a team of awesome developers. You are humble with a sense of humor and don’t take yourself too seriously. You are passionate about chess, and whether you've been working in or dreaming of working in the gaming industry, you're ready to turn your talents toward the game we love! We have been ranked #1 in the app store and have served more than two BILLION chess games, but we need you to help take us to 10 billion and beyond.

What you'll do

Ship improvements to the world’s largest chess game analysis cluster that serves fun and educational Game Reviews to millions of chess players every day
Design, extend, optimize and maintain our cross-platform C++ chess analysis library that powers our bots, Coaches, Fairplay, Game Review, Advanced Stats and more
Proactively contribute developer automation/tooling for helping the team move faster via useful CI/CD workflows or Slack integrations
Contribute to system architecture & API design discussions at the application and distributed system levels

Preferred Skills

5+ years professional software development with production experience in C++, Go, Python, with very good proficiency in at least one
Solid distributed systems understanding including service architecture, API design, deployment and operations practices, Kubernetes, Protocol Buffers
Git/GitHub fluency including branching strategies, code review, and multi-repo workflows
Linux/Unix proficiency for scripting, debugging, and production operations
AI coding tool proficiency - Possesses the necessary foundational skills to move with excellent velocity and quality using agentic coding systems
Eagerness to learn - Excited by unfamiliar technologies rather than intimidated by them
Gameness for variety - Great at context-switching between different languages/domains
End-to-end ownership - Take responsibility from design → implementation → deployment → support

About the Opportunity

This is a full-time opportunity
We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)

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You can learn more about us here:

Original Job Description

Analysis Infrastructure Engineer
Engineering

Remote

About Us

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.

About You

What you'll do

Ship improvements to the world’s largest chess game analysis cluster that serves fun and educational Game Reviews to millions of chess players every day
Design, extend, optimize and maintain our cross-platform C++ chess analysis library that powers our bots, Coaches, Fairplay, Game Review, Advanced Stats and more
Proactively contribute developer automation/tooling for helping the team move faster via useful CI/CD workflows or Slack integrations
Contribute to system architecture & API design discussions at the application and distributed system levels

Preferred Skills

5+ years professional software development with production experience in C++, Go, Python, with very good proficiency in at least one
Solid distributed systems understanding including service architecture, API design, deployment and operations practices, Kubernetes, Protocol Buffers
Git/GitHub fluency including branching strategies, code review, and multi-repo workflows
Linux/Unix proficiency for scripting, debugging, and production operations
AI coding tool proficiency - Possesses the necessary foundational skills to move with excellent velocity and quality using agentic coding systems
Eagerness to learn - Excited by unfamiliar technologies rather than intimidated by them
Gameness for variety - Great at context-switching between different languages/domains
End-to-end ownership - Take responsibility from design → implementation → deployment → support

About the Opportunity

This is a full-time opportunity
We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)

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You can learn more about us here:

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