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$205,000–$231,000/yr
US Canada UK Germany Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Architect and deliver major features for Chainguard Containers from concept to production.
  • Stay hands-on writing code and lead small sub-teams of engineers.
  • Work across teams and with AI agents to build secure container infrastructure.

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