Staff Software Engineer (Guarded OS)
Chainguard
About this role
A Staff Software Engineer at Chainguard leads development and operation of the core services and tooling that build and update Chainguard OS, including Melange and the Build Service. The role emphasizes reliability, performance, automation, and maintainability while driving sustainable processes and shared ownership within the OS team. This is a remote-first engineering role focused on operating and improving large-scale build and update systems.
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About Chainguard
chainguard.devChainguard provides trusted open source artifacts for every layer of the modern software stack—containers, language libraries, and VM images. They focus on reducing supply‑chain risk by producing hardened, minimal, and vulnerability‑reduced artifacts with strong provenance and signing. Chainguard also supplies tools and services to integrate those artifacts into secure CI/CD and DevSecOps workflows. Organizations use Chainguard to deploy more auditable, reproducible, and secure software.
Recent company news
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Oct 23, 2025
PR NewswireChainguard Announces $280 Million Growth Financing from General Catalyst to Usher in Next Era of Trusted Open Source Software
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Oct 24, 2025
About Chainguard
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$135k – $181k
per year