Chainguard · 6 days ago
Federal Sales Engineer - Civilian
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$225K/yr - $275K/yrChainguard is a company focused on software development and deployment security. They are seeking a Federal Sales Engineer to manage technical aspects of sales and build relationships with customers in the public sector.
Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceSecurity
Responsibilities
Partner with the Public Sector sales team to help develop and implement account plans
Partner with the Public Sector marketing team to develop and implement brand awareness campaigns and grow pipeline
Focus on acquiring new customer “logos” in addition to growing the existing customer base
Own all technical aspects of sales opportunities (i.e. getting the technical win) while assisting current customers as they grow
Work with existing and prospective customers to understand their software development, security, and deployment processes to determine if and how Chainguard products can help
Conducting product demonstrations and POVs
Growing pipeline by participating in webinars, meetups, conferences and other Public Sector and territory-focused marketing initiatives
Advocating for your customers’ needs within Chainguard
Qualification
Required
Experience working with the civilian side of the federal government
Experience with accreditation and security policies like FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or HIPAA
Significant experience in one or more of the following areas: DevOps / DevSecOps, Container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, etc.), Container vulnerability scanning, analysis, and mitigation, AppSec
Ability to travel about 25% of the time
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.
Founded in 2021
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)
2023 (2)
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
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-12
2025-12-18
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