Chainguard
Staff Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation
$205K–$231K
United States - Remote +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- United States - Remote
Remote - US - Experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads the design and development of automation systems and AI-powered tooling that keep Chainguard packages and container images current, tested, and building reliably.
What you'll do
- Set technical vision and help shape the team roadmap with engineering leadership.
- Architect and build scalable automation for package creation, test generation, and image building, including production Go tools and services.
- Develop LLM-integrated agentic pipelines and quality tooling; mentor teammates and improve engineering quality.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of software engineering experience designing and building complex systems.
- Strong Go expertise and experience integrating AI/LLMs into code generation, automation, or developer tooling.
- Experience with systems architecture and developer tools, CLIs, or automation platforms.
- Deep Linux, build systems, and container ecosystem knowledge; based in the US or Canada.
Nice to have
- Experience contributing to a Linux distribution or maintaining many production services.
- Open-source contributions; familiarity with software supply chain security, melange, apko, Wolfi, or compliance frameworks.
Pay
$205,000 — $231,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Linux, apk, apt, rpm, Make, Bazel, Docker
AI focus
Build LLM-integrated, agentic pipelines for manifest generation, test scaffolding, and validation, including prompt architectures, evaluation loops, and quality gates.
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