Senior Software Engineer – Container Images, Security

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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RAPIDFORT

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

RAPIDFORT is a software supply chain security company that delivers a SaaS platform to secure containerized applications from build-time through runtime. It provides curated near-zero‑CVE base images, CI/CD image scanning and execution profiling (SBOM/RBOM), automated CVE remediation, runtime hardening and attack-surface reduction, and compliance automation for standards like FedRAMP, SOC 2 and CMMC. The platform is aimed at enterprise engineering and security teams to automate vulnerability remediation, accelerate secure releases, and maintain continuous protection in production.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain minimal, hardened container images across Linux distributions and application runtimes • Own end-to-end CVE remediation across OS packages, libraries, runtimes, and dependencies, including analysis, patching, rebuilding, and validation • Troubleshoot complex package compatibility, dependency, build, and runtime issues while preserving application functionality • Reduce image attack surface and size by removing unnecessary packages, binaries, and dependencies • Build and improve automated pipelines for image builds, vulnerability scanning, remediation, testing, and publishing • Develop tooling to manage image versioning, dependency updates, metadata, and release traceability • Generate, validate, and maintain SBOMs to support software supply chain visibility and compliance • Validate image functionality, reproducibility, and compatibility with Kubernetes and other containerized environments • Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and security teams to define image hardening standards and integrate curated images into development and deployment workflows • Maintain clear documentation that helps developers adopt and use curated images • Continuously improve remediation speed, image quality, build reliability, and operational efficiency

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to work supporting federal government customers • 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, Linux systems engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or SRE • Deep understanding of Linux systems, with hands-on experience across distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, or RHEL • Strong experience building and optimizing Docker images, including multi-stage builds, image layering, and container filesystem structures • Proven experience investigating and remediating CVEs in Linux packages and container images, including patching, rebuilding, and validating fixes • Strong working knowledge of Linux package management and dependency resolution using tools such as apt, apk, yum/dnf, or rpm • Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash, with experience building maintainable automation and internal tooling • Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools • Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanners such as Trivy, Grype, or Clair, along with SBOM generation • Solid understanding of Kubernetes concepts, container lifecycles, and image deployment requirements • Ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical issues and collaborate effectively across engineering teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity participation • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage • Remote-first work environment • Opportunity to solve complex Linux, container, and software supply chain security challenges • Career growth within a rapidly scaling cybersecurity company

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