Senior Software Engineer Sustaining Automation - Chainguard

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automation pipelines that build, test, and ship hardened open source components at scale.
• Integrate security scanning, compliance checks, and vulnerability remediation into CI/CD workflows.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define and enforce best practices for build reproducibility and artifact provenance.
• Optimize performance and reliability of build infrastructure on Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to open source tooling and documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and Go.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Argo Workflows.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, container security, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
• Experience with security tooling (e.g., Snyk, Trivy, Clair) and vulnerability management.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and a passion for open source collaboration.