[Remote] Staff Software Engineer (Customer Platform)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering secure and production-ready builds of open source software. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own complex problems and serve as a technical anchor for the Customer Platform team, responsible for APIs, policies, and platform primitives that connect customers and internal products.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration, in close partnership with Product Management and the partner Chainguard teams
• Design, build, and evolve the backend systems (Go, REST/gRPC APIs) that power Chainguard's entitlement, policy, and customer onboarding services
• Serve as the primary technical interface between Customer Platform and other Chainguard engineering teams (Containers, Libraries, OS packages) — understanding their requirements and building integration paths
• Extend Chainguard's agentic AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers; help the team break down ambiguity and build toward clear outcomes
• Contribute to a product-driven roadmap with real deadlines and clear outcomes, helping the team prioritize tradeoffs and ship iteratively rather than waiting for 'perfect'

Skills

• Production Go experience is a must. At the staff level, the expectation is deep, idiomatic Go, not 'willing to learn'
• Strong ownership of API design and backend systems at scale; you've shipped and operated them in production
• Experience working across multiple engineering teams to align on technical standards, integration patterns, and shared infrastructure
• Comfort operating in ambiguity you come with a diagnosis, a recommendation, and a path forward, not just a problem statement
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide technical guidance without needing a management title to do it
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, cloud provider APIs) is a strong plus
• Experience with entitlements, billing systems, or platform infrastructure is a plus but not required
• Prior exposure to building or extending AI-powered product features is a plus

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

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