Partner Sales Engineer, Chainguard
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Software supply chain security
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Software supply chain security
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years in Solutions Engineering, Partner Solutions Architecture, or Sales Engineering
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, or cloud-native infrastructure
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, platform engineering, or cloud security
- Experience enabling partners through technical training or solution development
- Strong ability to communicate complex technical topics to both engineers and business stakeholders
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- If you're passionate about cloud-native technology, open source, security, and partner ecosystems, we'd love to hear from you
Desirable
- Technical evangelism and storytelling — able to inspire partner technical teams and clearly communicate complex concepts to both engineers and business stakeholders
- High emotional intelligence and relationship building — able to build trust, read partner dynamics, and engage effectively with stakeholders from engineers to executives
- Collaborative leadership — skilled at aligning cross-functional teams and partners to drive joint solutions and shared outcomes
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Partner Solutions Engineer (PSE) to help enable and scale our partner ecosystem by building technical champions, developing integrations, and accelerating partner-led adoption of Chainguard solutions
- This role combines technical depth, partner enablement, and go-to-market collaboration
- Enable technical teams across cloud providers, VARs/SIs, and technology partners through workshops, training programs and paths, and hands-on labs. Develop reusable partner assets including reference architectures, demos, and solution playbooks
- Work with partners and internal teams to design secure cloud-native architectures that incorporate Chainguard into DevOps, platform engineering, and security workflows. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to bring partner integrations to life
- Co-create partner-led services and offerings that help customers adopt Chainguard solutions. Partner closely with Sales and Partner Managers to identify deals, accelerate the sales cycle, help with adoption, and grow partner-influenced revenue across the company
- Engage with partner technical leaders and executives to align on technical roadmaps and solution strategies. Broadcast partners' progress to field teams internally and encourage the close collaboration of Chainguard - Partner SEs for maximum joint value proposition and have a strong influence over product direction
- Run ongoing enablement sessions, workshops, and joint technical activities to ensure partners remain engaged and capable of delivering Chainguard solutions. Initiatives to cultivate strong bonds with new and existing partners
Our take
Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus. However, most of this has surrounded the scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself.
Built by former engineers who are aware of developer workloads, Chainguard is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems. The company has secured substantial funding, the latest of which will support more aggressive product and R&D spending as it looks to further boost sales.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$280m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Apr 2025
$356m
SERIES D
Total funding: $892m
Company benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(CSO & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.
Matthew Moore
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.
Ville Aikas
(Distinguished Engineer & Co-founder)Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.
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