Chainguard · 22 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer (Guarded OS)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expChainguard is a company focused on providing secure open source software for development and deployment. The Staff Software Engineer will lead efforts in maintaining and improving the services and tooling that support Chainguard OS, ensuring reliability, performance, and automation.
Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceSecurity
Responsibilities
Improve and maintain Melange, including usability, testing, patch management, observability, and automation
Operate and develop the build service, improving reliability, resource usage, extensibility, and support for multiple architectures
Enhance automation for rebuild and transition workflows, including support for shared library transitions using build-time and runtime dependencies
Contribute to the reliability and performance of update automation systems with a close eye on costs and operational efficiencies
Improve monitoring, logging, dashboards, and general observability across services
Define and deliver on a roadmap for build and update services within the OS team
Document systems and reduce single points of knowledge within the team
Be an integral part of the OS team helping out with distro level package updates and keeping Chainguard OS up-to-date and secure
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience with backend or distributed systems
Experience with Linux build or packaging systems
Strong programming skills in Go
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Run, and cloud-native service design
Familiarity with GCP services (e.g., BigQuery, IAM, Cloud Logging)
Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems
Ability to work independently and communicate clearly in a remote-first environment
Preferred
Experience contributing to or maintaining build, packaging, or tooling projects
Observability and monitoring experience
Understanding of dependency management and rebuild automation
Experience with ARM64 build environments
Familiarity with BigQuery or Looker Studio for data analysis
Benefits
Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
Company
Chainguard
Chainguard is a cloud-native development platform that provides low-to-zero CVE container images for building and running applications.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$892MKey Investors
General CatalystSpark CapitalSequoia Capital
2025-10-23Debt Financing· $280M
2025-04-23Series D· $356M
2024-07-25Series C· $140M
Leadership Team
Dan Lorenc
Founder/CEO
Kim Lewandowski
Founder/Product
Recent News
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