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.

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 & Tools

software developmentdata structuresalgorithmscompilersMakefilestoolchainscontainersDockerKubernetesGo

Soft Skills

communication skillsautonomyinitiativeproactive problem solvingmentoring

Certifications

Bachelor's degree