Chainguard
Staff Software Engineer (Customer Platform)
Canada - Remote +2 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Canada - Remote
Remote - Canada
Remote - US
About the job
Own and evolve the backend APIs and platform services that connect Chainguard customers, partners, and internal teams to its software supply-chain products.
What you'll do
- Design, build, roll out, and iterate on Go backend systems and REST/gRPC APIs for entitlements, policies, and customer onboarding.
- Coordinate integration paths and technical standards with other engineering teams; provide technical leadership and mentorship.
- Extend the agentic AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences and help prioritize and ship roadmap work.
What they ask for
- Production Go experience.
- Experience designing, shipping, and operating APIs and backend systems at scale.
- Experience aligning across multiple engineering teams on technical standards, integration patterns, and shared infrastructure.
- Ability to work through ambiguity and mentor engineers with technical guidance.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud provider APIs.
- Experience with entitlements, billing systems, platform infrastructure, or AI-powered product features.
Tools
Go, REST, gRPC, Kubernetes
AI focus
Extend Chainguard's agentic AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences; prior experience with AI-powered product features is a plus.
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