Senior Software Engineer, Chainguard
Sustaining
$162-198k
+ Equity/stock options
Software supply chain security company
Job no longer available
Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$162-198k
+ Equity/stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: Minimum of 4 years in DevOps or Software Developer role packaging software as Linux packages (e.g., APK, DEB, RPM), excellent debugging and problem-solving skills, able to work independently
- Containers: Experience building and debugging container images
- Kubernetes: Comfortable using plain manifests, Helm charts, and Kustomize to manage deployments. Can debug operators, pods, services etc. using a variety of tools and approaches
- Terraform: Proficient in creating modules and organizing resources logically for reuse
- Development: Programming experience in at least one language, with strong preference for Golang, Python, C++, and/or C
- Communication: Strong communication skills, proficiency in English, ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and seek help proactively when necessary
Desirable
- Open Source: Actively involved in the open-source community
- Vulnerability Management: Experience with vulnerability management and remediation
What the job involves
- The successful candidate will be part of a sustaining team, responsible for maintaining our Linux distribution (Wolfi) and Chainguard container images
- This role involves working with a diverse range of open-source software, build tools, and programming languages
- Automation Triage: Debug and resolve issues related to linux package and container image builds
- Package & Image Creation: Create new packages and container images using our build tools (melange, apko)
- Communicate: Provide consistent updates to the project manager, work across teams to enhance build process and development experience, celebrate progress and identify any obstacles to maintaining project momentum
- Mentorship: Provide technical support and guidance to other members of the worldwide team
- Quality Assurance: Create and add additional testing to packages and containers to enhance end-to-end automation
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, and by providing a security-first set of container images with no known vulnerabilities for cloud app developers.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks like the Log4j vulnerability and Solarwinds breach, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus for startups hoping to solve problems in this sector. However, most of these focus on scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself. It was built by former Google engineers aware of software developers existing workloads, so is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures in 2024, minting it as a new Unicorn on the cybersecurity scene. It is using this funding to expand its go-to-market internationally and expand its Chainguard Images product.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Nov 2023
$61m
SERIES B
Total funding: $256m
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 values
- Fun. Everything goes easier when we’re having fun! We do serious work, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously
- We have a Bias for Action. We’re a startup and we need to move fast. Speed is our friend!
- We are Customer Obsessed. We intently listen to their needs and value their feedback
- Open Source Excellence is key. OSS is a component of every software supply chain, and OSS is required to improve supply chain security
- Trust and Reputation. This one has two parts! We’re a security company, and our reputation is critical. Also, we hire great team members and trust them to do their work. We’re transparent with data, news, and decisions, to empower our team members to make the correct decisions
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Articles
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Head of Product & 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
(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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