Staff Technical Writer

November 26

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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

• Work collaboratively across the Chainguard Product and Engineering teams to produce product documentation to support the developers and security professionals leveraging our software security products • Scope and plan out a documentation strategy to support frictionless product adoption and retention • Maintain existing documentation by updating when software changes or other updates are made • Coordinate with other team members to ensure topic coverage while avoiding overlap • Participate in Product initiatives (feature launch prep work, strategic tasks, etc.) • Act as “customer zero” by testing Chainguard products early, experimenting with beta features, and providing actionable feedback to improve usability and clarity • Assist other teams with documentation and technical writing tasks as prioritized.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep understanding of the cloud-native and/or open-source ecosystem, with particular focus on one or more of the following: • DevOps • Software Supply Chain security experience, including deep context on one or more of the following: container images, software packages, and/or virtual machines • Cybersecurity compliance and regulations • Experience writing and communicating about technical topics to technical audiences • Strong research skills and ability to pick up new technical concepts quickly • Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams (and other departments) is a plus. • Experience with a GitHub-based docs-as-code workflow a plus • Proactive use of AI, ML or other automation tools to augment workflow. • Examples of using usage data to inform product decisions.

🏖️ 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.