Chainguard
Staff Product Security Engineer
$205K–$231K
United States - Remote +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- United States - Remote
Remote - US - Experience
- 7+ years in software, product, application, or cloud security.
About the job
Leads product security strategy and cross-functional initiatives, improving secure software development and establishing practical security guardrails for AI-assisted engineering.
What you'll do
- Drive product security strategy and embed security controls across the software development lifecycle, including AI SDLC.
- Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and initiatives for vulnerability reduction, security automation, and secure-by-default engineering.
- Translate security frameworks and assurance findings into durable, automated engineering controls; mentor Product Security Engineers.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in software, product, application, or cloud security.
- Experience driving security programs from design through rollout, such as secure SDLC, vulnerability management, platform hardening, or security automation.
- Strong hands-on familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, public cloud, and associated security controls.
- Experience with security compliance frameworks and ability to automate security workflows in at least one language and integrate them into CI/CD.
Nice to have
- Experience designing or operating an AI SDLC, AI security program, or governance model for AI-assisted development.
- Background in software supply-chain security, red-teaming, offensive security, or security tooling.
Pay
$205,000 — $231,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
containers, Kubernetes, Go, Python, Shell, CI/CD, SOC 2, ISO 27001
AI focus
Establish policies, tooling, and guardrails for responsible AI use in engineering across design, coding, testing, review, deployment, and operations; address risks of AI-assisted development.
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