Horizon3AI
Staff Software Engineer, Image Build & Release
$230K–$260K
US, Remote · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Own the architecture and operation of the pipeline, security, and delivery systems that build, package, and safely update NodeZero container images in customer environments.
What you'll do
- Design and operate the CI/CD pipeline that produces signed and scanned NodeZero images; set standards for reproducible builds, versioning, and release gates.
- Define image hardening, scanning, and signing practices, and partner on reliable OTA rollout, rollback, and version-pinning mechanisms.
- Make key technical decisions, mentor engineers, and own build-and-release operations, including incident response.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, specializing in build systems, CI/CD, or release engineering for containerized applications.
- Expert knowledge of Docker and container image construction; experience with image signing and verification, scanning tools, and CI/CD pipelines at scale.
- Deep Kubernetes understanding; experience designing and operating OTA or remote update systems and managing artifact registries.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or shell scripting; track record setting engineering standards, driving technical decisions, and mentoring engineers.
Nice to have
- Experience with secure software supply chain practices such as SLSA, SBOM generation, or provenance attestation.
- Background in cybersecurity or sensitive customer environments; experience with Helm, Kubernetes operators, eBPF, or kernel-level tooling.
Pay
$229,500 - $260,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
Docker, Cosign, Notary, Trivy, Grype, Snyk, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes
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