Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform
Core
Building the internal 'Factory' infrastructure, automation, and AI tooling that powers Chainguard Engineering to ship secure software at scale.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Developer Platform)
Builds
Monorepo CI/CD, Agentic AI platform, shared build infrastructure, and automated change-throughput systems.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Go (Golang), CI/CD systems, container-based orchestration, monorepo management, Agentic AI/LLM automation, technical direction, stakeholder partnership, mentorship
Preferred skills
GitHub Actions/Argo Workflows/Buildkite scaling, DORA metrics, supply chain security, OCI/Kubernetes, open source communities
Technologies
Go, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, Buildkite, LLMs, RAG
Responsibilities
Own significant slices of the Developer Platform across CI/CD and AI tooling; author technical architectural designs; improve CI/CD pipeline speed and reliability; enable agent-driven changes beyond PR workflows; productionize the Agentic AI platform; consolidate build systems into standardized blueprints; partner with engineers to automate toil; mentor teammates and raise code review standards.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence