Senior Software Engineer (Containers)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams to design services and features enhancing the core product
• ▹Develop robust tools and services to improve the image build system as it scales

Requirements

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

Nice to have

• ▹Author of or contributor to open-source projects

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Flexible, remote-first culture with team meetups and coworking stipend
• ▹Stock options on hire and promotion, with a 10-year exercise window
• ▹100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
• ▹Unlimited flexible time off
• ▹18 weeks paid parental leave (12 weeks for non-birthing parents)

About the company

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, production-ready builds of the open source software that engineers and AI agents rely on. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and industry leaders such as Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, HPE, OpenAI, Snap, and Snowflake, and it is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.