Staff Software Engineer (Guarded Containers)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams to design new services and features
• ▹Develop robust tools and services to improve the image build system as it scales
• ▹Own high-impact, deeply technical components of the Chainguard stack as subject matter expert
• ▹Participate in long-term planning and roadmap discussions
• ▹Mentor engineers and raise the bar for engineering quality across the organization

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• ▹10+ years of experience in software development, data structures, algorithms, compilers, Makefiles, and toolchains
• ▹Expertise with containers, container registries, Docker, Kubernetes and its ecosystem
• ▹Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code, creating reusable modules
• ▹Experience writing services or tools in Go
• ▹Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, ability to work autonomously and proactively seek help

Nice to have

• ▹Author or contributor to open-source projects

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Base salary range: $205,000 - $231,000 USD
• ▹Flexible & remote-first culture, bi-annual destination summits
• ▹Monthly stipend for coworking, phone, and internet
• ▹Stock options upon hire and promotion, 10-year exercise window
• ▹100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance for dependents
• ▹Unlimited flexible time off
• ▹18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents, 12 weeks for non-birthing parents

About the company

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, production-ready builds. Customers include Fortune 500 companies (Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, HPE, OpenAI, Snap, Snowflake); backed by leading VCs.