Chainguard
Senior Software Engineer (Containers)
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 7 weeks ago · Added 2 days ago
Been open since 7 weeks ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$157k to $184k per year
Location
United States only
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "United States - Remote, Remote - US"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
Senior Software Engineer, Guarded Containers
The role, in a nutshell:
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Guarded Containers team and help shape the future of Chainguard Images — our core product. This is a product-driven, feature-development role: you'll design and ship new capabilities that directly expand what our product can do for customers, work cross-functionally to turn ideas into shipped features. Alongside building new functionality, you'll help evolve the tooling and infrastructure that supports it, and help uphold the quality bar our customers expect. You'll guide technical decisions and help set the standard for excellence on the team.
What you’ll do:
Design and build new features and services that make Chainguard Images more powerful, compelling, and valuable to customers — this is a feature-first role, not a maintenance role.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (product, design, and engineering) to scope, design, and ship product improvements from concept to production.
Own technical decisions for the features you build, balancing customer impact, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Develop robust tools and services that support our growing image build system, ensuring it scales alongside new product capabilities.
Contribute to a team culture that values craftsmanship, ownership, and continuous improvement.
What we're looking for:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of experience in software development, with strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, compilers, Makefiles, and toolchains
A product mindset — genuine interest in building features end-to-end and understanding how technical choices translate into customer value
Expertise with containers, container registries, Docker, Kubernetes, and the broader ecosystem
Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools, including designing reusable, well-organized modules
Experience writing services or tools in Go
Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, and the ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and proactively seek help when needed
Nice to haves:
Author and/or contributor to open-source projects
Explore Our Work
Dive into the practical side of what we do at Chainguard. These resources provide a hands-on look at our processes and offer an opportunity for in-depth understanding of our product offerings and the technology behind them.
Chainguard Academy
https://www.chainguard.dev
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
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.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Chainguard, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 3d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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