Software Engineer (Libraries Platform)

Chainguard

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$120,000–$140,000/yr

Benefits

Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

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The Role:

  • Best platform work is invisible.
  • Building the secure, reliable factory that continuously builds, verifies, and serves open‑source libraries.
  • Leading the architecture and implementation of the platform that powers this factory.

What you’ll do:

  • Contribute to the design and implementation of the Libraries Platform.
  • Design and maintain automation for artifact creation, updates, and verification.
  • Build and operate shared platform services such as package indexes and registry mirrors.

What we’re looking for:

  • 3+ years designing, building, and operating infrastructure for language ecosystems or developer platforms.
  • Proficiency in Go (Golang) or strong readiness to ramp quickly.
  • Proven track record building and owning developer tooling and automation.

Nice to have:

  • Open source contributions in ecosystem tooling, libraries, or packaging.
  • Experience with software supply chain security: SLSA, SBOMs, sigstore, provenance, attestations.
  • Background with Linux distributions, packaging, and reproducible build systems.

Chainguard

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. They help organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk and is venture-backed by leading investors.

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