Senior Software Engineer (Sustaining Automation)

Chainguard

Remote regions

Global

Benefits

Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

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What you'll do:

  • Architect the automation platform: Design the end-to-end system that orchestrates package creation, test generation, and image building.
  • Build AI-powered tooling: Develop LLM-integrated, agentic pipelines for manifest generation, test scaffolding, and validation.
  • Write production Go: Develop CLI tools, services, and integrations alongside your team.

What we're looking for:

  • 5-7 years of software engineering experience with a track record of designing and building complex systems.
  • Strong Go expertise and experience with AI/LLM integration for code generation or automation.
  • Deep Linux and build systems knowledge, plus container ecosystem expertise (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes).

Nice to haves:

  • Contributions to open-source projects.
  • Familiarity with software supply chain security (SBOM, provenance, signing).
  • Experience with melange, apko, or Wolfi.

About us:

  • We are customer obsessed, focusing on delivering solutions that create value.
  • We have a bias for intentional action, prioritizing, planning, and failing fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously but do serious work, enjoying the journey while solving important problems.

Chainguard

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software and AI agents to help organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. The company is venture-backed by leading investors and serves Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, fostering a culture of customer obsession, intentional action, and trust.

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