Manager, Engineering – Guarded Containers

Chainguard

full-time

Posted on: 9/22/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $184,000 - $231,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Lead, manage and grow a diverse engineering team within the Containers organization, overseeing our core image build tooling and infrastructure.
Manage multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, removing blockers and enabling efficient team operations.
Set quality standards and drive continuous improvements to test infrastructure, build systems, and processes.
Oversee day-to-day operations including escalations, alerts, cross-team dependency management, and project tracking.
Respond to and prioritize customer escalations and internal queries related to container services.
Track success metrics including build success rates, escalation volumes, and team performance indicators.
Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure product delivery, technical excellence, and scalability.

Proven success managing engineering teams—ideally in container technologies, cloud infrastructure, or product-centric environments—with a genuine, sustained passion for team leadership.
Deeply motivated by mentoring, coaching, and unlocking potential in others, and view team success as the ultimate measure of impact.
Experience building and scaling distributed systems, tooling, and automation for container images.
Superb organizational skills and project management capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to drive technical vision, operational rigor, and cross-team collaboration.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with multiple time zones and remote/distributed teams is a strong plus.