Senior/Staff Software Engineer – SRE

October 16

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Chainguard

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Security • SaaS • Cybersecurity

Chainguard is a company that specializes in building secure container images to enhance software security and compliance. Their products include low-to-zero CVE container images, which are updated daily to maintain security and compliance standards such as FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, PCI-DSS, SOC2, and CIS benchmarks. Chainguard focuses on reducing vulnerabilities, automating compliance, and supporting development workflows without compromising on innovation and productivity. The company serves a wide range of industries, including highly regulated sectors, by providing hardened image solutions to mitigate software supply chain risks and enhance application security.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

🔐 Security

☁️ SaaS

🔒 Cybersecurity

📋 Description

• Practice continuous improvement, by iterating on how services are deployed, configured, monitored, and maintained on our platform • Lead incident response, diagnosis, and follow-up on system outages and alerts • Help develop an operational focus and act as thought leaders for the rest of engineering • Maintain and optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost. • Analyze system metrics and identify opportunities for improvement in reliability and efficiency.

🎯 Requirements

• Comfortable working and thriving within a Linux ecosystem • Experience supporting high availability distributed production systems • Experience with database administration and support • Treated infrastructure as code utilizing tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack • Familiarity working in a public cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure) • Software development skills in at least one of the following languages: Python, Go, Javascript, and/or Ruby • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field or equivalent in related work experience. • Strong English language skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team • Ability to learn about the supply chain security space • Experience scaling services in a performant and cost-effective manner • Implemented incident management and disaster recovery playbooks • Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker/OCI, Kubernetes) • Familiarity across multiple public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) • Operated a multi-tenant capable software defined network (SDN) • Linux systems troubleshooting and debugging skills • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, API design, and software design patterns. • Interest in open source software projects and communities

🏖️ 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.