Staff Software Engineer (Guarded Containers)

Chainguard is a trusted source for open source, delivering hardened and secure builds for various organizations. The Staff Software Engineer will be part of the Containers team, responsible for developing new features, improving tooling and infrastructure, and maintaining product quality for Chainguard Images, while also mentoring engineers and guiding technical decisions.

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
• 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, 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
• Author and/or contributor to open-source projects