Senior Product Security Engineer
Senior security engineer embedded in product development to build secure CI/CD pipelines, enforce supply chain controls, and harden Kubernetes workloads on GCP/AWS. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go/Python skills, and deep Kubernetes and cloud security expertise.
About the job
What you’ll do
Build & Harden Secure Pipelines
- Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with security gates that catch issues before they reach production.
- Systematically, consistently and automatically capture the risk exposure of Chainguard's products.
- Implement and enforce software supply chain security controls: signed artifacts, SBOMs, provenance attestation (SLSA, Sigstore / Cosign).
- Proactively identify emerging customer security needs, and build solutions to meet these.
Cloud-Native Product Hardening
- Lead security architecture reviews and threat models for Kubernetes-based workloads running on GCP and AWS.
- Harden container images, Kubernetes cluster configurations, and cloud IAM postures — minimising attack surface across our product stack.
- Define and drive adoption of baseline security standards: pod security standards, network policies, workload identity, secrets management.
- Evaluate and operationalise CNAPP / CSPM tooling to maintain continuous visibility into cloud-native risk.
What we're looking for
Required
- 5+ years in software engineering, security engineering, or a combined role with meaningful hands-on security responsibility throughout.
- Strong proficiency in Go or Python, with the ability to write, review, and debug production-quality code.
- Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production (cluster hardening, RBAC, network policies, admission controllers).
- Practical expertise with GCP and/or AWS: IAM, workload identity, secrets management, security services (e.g., GCP Security Command Center, AWS Security Hub).
- Proven track record designing and securing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Tekton, or similar).
- Fluency with container security: image scanning, distroless/minimal base images, runtime security.
- Experience with software supply chain security tooling and frameworks (Sigstore, SLSA, SBOM generation).
- Solid understanding of OWASP, NIST, and cloud security frameworks and how to apply them pragmatically.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Chainguard Images or other minimal/hardened container base image ecosystems.
- Experience with policy-as-code tools (OPA, Kyverno, Conftest).
- Contributions to open source security projects.
- Background in security research or offensive security (bug bounty, CTF, penetration testing).
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $157,000—$184,000 USD
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
Skills
Go, Python, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, IAM, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Tekton, Container Security, Sigstore, Slsa, Sbom, Owasp
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