Staff Software Engineer – VMs
Chainguard
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $170,000 - $213,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpen SourcePuppetVMware
About the role
- Design, implement and optimize linux operating systems features.
- Collaborate in the creation of developer tools.
- Collaborate in the design, implementation, optimization or maintenance of secure, automated build and test systems in cloud environments.
- Improve quality and reliability by continuously refine testing, debugging and release processes.
- Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to set technical direction, drive roadmap execution, and establish process excellence.
- Mentor, review, and enable other engineers by sharing systems knowledge, debugging strategies, and "meta" tooling insights.
- Partner with internal teams (OS, Delivery, Sustaining) to ensure our product and services meet critical SLAs and SLOs.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience working on and building Linux operating systems.
- Proven experience working on upstream open source technologies.
- Proven experience building and packaging Linux software (APK, RPM, DEB or similar).
- Proven experience working with at least one major cloud provider (e.g. GCP, AWS, Azure) and cloud-specific integrations or agents.
- Proven experience working on bootable containers and/or micro vm technologies.
- Experience building, configuring or tuning the Linux kernel.
- Experience working across kernel and user space and related technologies (systemd, SELinux, AppArmor, etc).
- Experience with bootloaders and Secure Boot.
- Experience working with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, etc) or first-boot configuration management agents (cloud-init, Ignition, etc).
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go preferred), with strong scripting and automation skills.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills at both the package, containers and virtual machine levels.
- Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, ability to work autonomously in a remote-first environment, take initiative, and seek help proactively when necessary.
- Passion for quality, security, and attention to detail.
- Experience with compliance frameworks (CIS, STIG) a strong plus.
- Experience with FIPS is a strong plus.
- Experience with Kubernetes and managed container/Kubernetes services (EKS, ECS, GKE, AKS) is a strong plus.
- Experience with VMWare vSphere and ESXi is a strong plus.
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.
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Hard skills
Linux operating systemsupstream open source technologiesLinux software packaging (APK, RPM, DEB)cloud provider experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)bootable containersLinux kernel configurationsystemdSELinuxAppArmorconfiguration management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
Soft skills
strong debugging skillsproblem-solving skillsstrong communication skillsability to work autonomouslyinitiativeproactive help-seekingpassion for qualityattention to detail