Principal Software Engineer (Containers)

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. The Principal Software Engineer will lead the Containers team to develop new features, improve tooling and infrastructure, and maintain product quality standards for Chainguard Images.

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
• Own high-impact, deeply technical components of the Chainguard stack, serving as the subject matter expert in those areas
• Participate in long-term planning and roadmap discussions, helping identify the key problems the team needs to solve and ensuring they get solved
• Work closely with Product on validating new ideas and launching new features
• 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
• Prior experience leading teams of at least 5 engineers
• 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
• Author and/or contributor to open-source projects