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Staff Software Engineer

205k – 231kUnited StatesRemote10+ YOE
Summary

Staff engineer on the Containers team owning complex technical components of Chainguard Images, driving long-term technical direction, and mentoring engineers. Requires 10+ years experience, deep expertise in containers/Kubernetes/Go, and IaC.

About the role

What you’ll do

  • Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional teams to design innovative services and features that enhance the core product, making it more compelling and valuable.
  • Develop robust tools and services to continue to improve our image build system as it scales.
  • Own high-impact, deeply technical components of the Chainguard stack, serving as the subject matter expert in those areas.
  • Participate in long-term planning and roadmap discussions, helping identify the key problems the team needs to solve and ensuring they get solved.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the bar for engineering quality across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in software development, data structures, algorithms, compilers, Makefiles, and toolchains.
  • Expertise with containers, container registries, Docker, Kubernetes and its greater ecosystem.
  • Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code, and proficiency in creating modules and organizing resources logically for reuse.
  • Experience writing services or tools in Go.
  • Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and seek help proactively when necessary.

Nice to haves

  • Author and/or contributor to open-source projects.
Skills
GoDockerKubernetesTerraformContainersContainer registriesInfrastructure as CodeMakefilesCompilersToolchains
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