Manager, Engineering – Delivery

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October 20

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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

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. You will be responsible for setting clear goals, managing performance, and ensuring that the team operates efficiently and effectively. • Technical Contributions: Lead by example. This role provides the opportunity to get hands-on with some of the technical work, including fulfilling new images and process automation. • Hiring and Team Building: Partner with our recruiting team to organize and lead the interviewing process, including screening and assessing candidates to ensure they possess the necessary technical skills and are a good cultural fit. • Backlog Management: Work closely with our Technical Program Manager (TPM) to prioritize and manage the image-building backlog. You’ll ensure that tasks are aligned with both immediate needs and long-term strategic goals, helping the team stay focused and efficient. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Customer Success, Sales, and Partner Support teams to align engineering efforts with customer needs and go-to-market strategies. • Forecasting and Planning: Anticipate future work demands, project timelines, and resource needs, including headcount requirements. You will work closely with senior management to develop estimates and plans that ensure the team is adequately staffed and prepared to meet upcoming challenges. • Technical Contributions: Lead by example, assisting with technical tasks to stay connected with the team’s work and maintain an understanding of the technical challenges they face.

🎯 Requirements

• Location Requirement: UK (preferred). Other locations in Europe will be considered on a case-by-case basis. • Time Zone Collaboration: Must be able to accommodate collaboration with teams based in India, including occasional meetings and coordination during early morning hours within standard UK/Europe working times. • Leadership Experience: 3+ years leadership experience, with a proven track record of leading and developing talent in engineering teams in a high-autonomy, high-trust environment. • Technical Background: At least 3 years of experience in Software Development, DevOps, or Cloud-Native engineering, involving hands-on experience in Linux. • Leadership & Coaching: Experience fostering a culture of learning and growth, mentoring engineers, and providing clear feedback for career development. • Global Collaboration: Must have experience working for a US-centric company, collaborating across multiple time zones, including Europe and the US, in a distributed, remote environment. • Strategic Thinking: Strong ability to anticipate future challenges, plan for growth, and align technical work with broader business objectives. • Cloud-Native: Experience leading teams that work with Cloud-Native technologies, including containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), cloud services (e.g., GCP, AWS).

🏖️ 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.