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Chainguard · 1 day ago

Staff Software Engineer (Guarded Containers)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$205K/yr - $231K/yr

2+ years exp

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. The Staff Software Engineer will be part of the Guarded Containers team, responsible for developing new features, improving tooling and infrastructure, and maintaining product quality standards for Chainguard Images.

Cloud SecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceSecurity

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams to design innovative services and features that enhance the core product, making it more compelling and valuable

Develop robust tools and services to continue to improve our image build system as it scales

Define product quality standards and write tools to enforce them

Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to innovate, plan, and drive technical goals

Qualification

Containers expertiseDockerKubernetesGo programmingTerraformSoftware developmentAutonomous workCommunicationInitiative

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

2+ 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 in creating modules and organizing resources logically for reuse

Experience writing services or tools in Go

Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and seek help proactively when necessary

Preferred

Author and/or contributor to open-source projects

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

Kirkland, Washington, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.chainguard.dev

H1B Sponsorship

Chainguard has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2024 (1)

2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$892M

Key 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

TechTarget

Free Docker Hardened Images challenge Chainguard

2025-12-18