at Chainguard
Location
United States - Remote
Compensation
$229k–$258k USD
Type
full time
Posted
2 weeks ago
Remote
Yes
Market range · function + seniority
p25 · target · p75 · n=800
Posted $258k · in the market band
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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.
The role, in a nutshell:
The successful candidate will be a tech lead for our Containers team, whose mission is to develop new features for our customers, build and improve tooling and infrastructure, and maintain product quality standards for our core product – Chainguard Images. As a Principal engineer, you'll own critical, technically complex areas of our stack, shape long-term technical direction, and drive outcomes that extend beyond your immediate team. You'll collaborate closely with team members, guide technical decisions, and promote a culture of excellence.
We’re looking for someone excited to work cross functionally with Product and help drive the future direction of Chainguard Images.
What you’ll do:
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
What we're looking for:
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We live and breathe our company values:
A few of the benefits we offer:
If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.
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