Staff Product Security Engineer

Chainguard

Remote, United States
Not specified; equity: stock options upon hire + p...
Remote
7+ years software or security engineering experience
Proficiency in go or python programming
Deep hands-on kubernetes production experience
Chainguard delivers hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software to help organizations eliminate risk

Job Summary

  • Chainguard delivers hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software to help organizations eliminate risk.
  • This Staff role involves embedding security directly into the pipeline rather than acting as a gate at the end of the process.
  • The company offers 100% covered health insurance, flexible remote work, and 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

Matching Summary

Chainguard delivers hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software to help organizations eliminate risk.

Salary

Not specified; Equity: Stock options upon hire and promotion with 10-year exercise window; Benefits: 100% covered health/vision/dental, infinite PTO, 18 weeks parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years software or security engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Go or Python programming
  • Deep hands-on Kubernetes production experience
  • GCP or AWS IAM and security services expertise
  • Experience securing CI/CD pipelines
  • Fluency with container image scanning and runtime security
  • Knowledge of Sigstore, SLSA, and SBOM frameworks

Nice-to-have

  • Familiarity with minimal hardened container base images
  • Experience with policy-as-code tools like OPA or Kyverno
  • Contributions to open source security projects
  • Background in offensive security or bug bounty hunting
  • Understanding of CNAPP and CSPM tooling

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years combined software and security engineering experience
  • Production-level proficiency in Go or Python
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes cluster hardening
  • Practical expertise with GCP or AWS security services
  • Proven track record designing secure CI/CD pipelines

Work Rights

Not specified

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