Chainguard

Chainguard

Senior Software Engineer (Guarded OS)

United States - Remote · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$157k-$184kDetected 30 days ago
GitBigQueryGCPKubernetesTerraformCI/CDLinuxPrometheusGrafanaSparkData VisualizationAgentic AICanvaProblem Solving

About the role

  • This is a high-ownership, high-variety engineering role.
  • You'll be the person who turns ambiguity into an action plan and executes without breaking things - fast, with a clear eye on long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and develop the Elastic Build service, our Kubernetes + GitHub + Cloud Run pipeline that converts package specifications into real downloadable artifacts, improving reliability, performance, resource usage, and multi-architecture support.
  • Maintain and improve Melange, our package build tool, with a focus on usability, testing, patch management, and observability. Melange is largely feature-complete
  • Design and build automation for rebuild and review workflows - keeping a human in the approval chain while removing every step that can be automated. Support shared library transitions using build-time and runtime dependency analysis.
  • Build monitoring, dashboards, and alerting. Create automated responses to common failure modes so human attention is reserved for novel problems.
  • Define and deliver a roadmap for build and update services within the OS team.
  • Document systems thoroughly and reduce single points of knowledge.
  • We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience with backend or distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience operating production services at scale, and has responded to real incidents, restored service, and improved systems to prevent recurrence.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Run, and cloud-native service design.
  • Familiarity with GCP services (e.g., BigQuery, IAM, Cloud Logging).
  • Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Linux build or packaging systems.
  • Experience with ARM64 build environments.
  • Familiarity with BigQuery or Looker Studio for data analysis.

Compensation

  • $157,000 - $184,000 USD
  • Experience contributing to or maintaining build, packaging, or tooling projects.
  • Observability and monitoring experience (Grafana, Prometheus, Cloud Logging, etc.).
  • Experience with Linux build or packaging systems.
  • Understanding of dependency management and rebuild automation.
  • Experience with ARM64 build environments.

Company info

  • We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
  • We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
  • We trust each other and assume good intentions - We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
  • We live and breathe our company values:
  • A few of the benefits we offer:
  • 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:
  • Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • What we're looking for:
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
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