Chainguard

Software Engineer, Guarded Containers

Chainguard

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

DockerGoKubernetesTerraform

About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
software developmentdata structuresalgorithmscompilersMakefilestoolchainscontainersDockerKubernetesGo
Soft skills
communication skillsability to work autonomouslyinitiativeproactive help-seeking
Certifications
Bachelor's degree