Chainguard
Principal Product Security Engineer
$229K–$258K
United States - Remote +1 · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- United States - Remote
Remote - US - Experience
- 10+ years in software, product, or application security.
About the job
Sets product security strategy and leads cross-functional programs to reduce risk, strengthen secure development, and integrate security into products and engineering workflows.
What you'll do
- Define security guardrails for AI-assisted development and embed security by design in product roadmaps.
- Lead multi-team security initiatives, including vulnerability remediation automation and secure SDLC improvements.
- Improve security assurance, tooling, compliance controls, and risk communication with senior leaders.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in secure architecture and system design for cloud-native or distributed systems.
- Experience leading organization-level security programs, including secure SDLC, AI SDLC, or vulnerability management.
- Hands-on familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, public cloud, and associated security controls.
- Ability to automate security workflows in at least one language and integrate them into CI/CD.
Nice to have
- Background in software supply chain security, including SBOMs, SLSA, provenance, signing, or build system hardening.
- Experience with red-teaming, offensive security, or open source development in security-sensitive projects.
Pay
$229,000 — $258,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, Shell, Kubernetes, STIGs/CIS, CI/CD, SOC 2, ISO 27001
AI focus
Define security guardrails for AI-assisted development and drive AI SDLC programs.
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