[Remote] Staff Software Engineer (Customer Platform)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chainguard is a trusted source for open source, helping organizations build secure and compliant software. They are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to own the end-to-end delivery of Customer Platform features, design backend systems, and provide technical leadership across teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive end-to-end delivery of Customer Platform features — from API design through production with minimal guidance
- 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
- Collaborate closely with the PM on quarterly roadmap planning, trade-off decisions, and prioritization
- Produce clear technical documentation that enables other teams to integrate reliably with Customer Platform
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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