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Chainguard
Principal Software Engineer, Containers
Remote · Canada, Germany + more · Full time · Senior level
$229k–$258k / year
About the role
Lead technical direction and execution for Chainguard Containers product engineering. Drive large projects from concept to customer adoption while staying hands-on with code.
What you’ll do
• Set technical direction for container build pipeline and registry. • Form and execute roadmap with engineering and product leaders. • Lead engineers and review critical designs and code. • Work with AI coding agents to enhance development. • Represent Chainguard in open source and container ecosystems.
What you’ll bring
• 10+ years software engineering experience. • Experience with container images and registries. • Proven technical leadership without authority. • Strong architectural skills in Go and cloud infrastructure. • Work authorization for US, Canada, UK, or Germany.
Life at Chainguard
Flexible remote-first culture with bi-annual summits and coworking stipends. Full health insurance coverage and stock options. Unlimited flexible time off and generous parental leave.
About Chainguard
Chainguard delivers hardened, secure open source software builds to help organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.