Product Manager, Chainguard
Training
$149-182k
+ Equity/stock options
Software supply chain security company
Be an early applicant
Software supply chain security company
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$149-182k
+ Equity/stock options
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- Proven track record in defining strategy, driving roadmap, and owning execution of educational resources
- Strong customer empathy and a desire to understand and solve problems for technical users
- Domain knowledge of the container and security ecosystems
- Experience writing and communicating about technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Skilled at research with an ability to learn new technical concepts quickly
- Experience in instructional design or curriculum development
What the job involves
- The Developer Enablement team raises awareness of Chainguard and software supply chain security within the greater developer community by contributing approachable, educational, high quality resources about Chainguard products, the broader open source ecosystem, and software supply chain security
- Our training platform, Chainguard Courses, and educational and documentation site, Chainguard Academy, provide enriching educational experiences and resources that developers and CISOs love
- The Product Manager, Training role will own Chainguard Courses and support Chainguard Academy
- This role involves understanding the product educational needs of customers and potential customers, building a training roadmap, creating curricula and course content, and collaborating with Developer Relations and Technical Writing peers
- Conceive of, build, design, and execute training courses and other educational resources to support certification, professionalization, and Chainguard product proficiency
- Work collaboratively across the Chainguard Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to plan, deliver, and iterate on the Chainguard Courses and Academy products to serve the needs of existing and target customers
- Scope, plan, and iterate Courses and Academy strategy to support product adoption
- Launch new features, test and iterate
- Track and analyze Courses and Academy usage metrics to understand strengths and growth opportunities, and understand how it can better serve Sales, Customer Success, and external users
- Participate in Product initiatives to ensure Courses and Academy content and design delivers an excellent educational experience on related features and topics
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.
Built by former Google engineers, Chainguard is aware of the existing workload (and oversized toolkit) of software developers and so is designed to be easily installed and to integrate with existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital in mid-2022. It is using this funding to develop its product and hire additional talent. It is also investing in open-source projects aligned with its mission and establishing a free education program to teach developers about supply chain security.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
55% employee growth in 12 months
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
(Co-founder & CEO)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Co-founder & Head of Product)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
(Co-founder & CTO)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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