Staff Software Engineer, Sustaining
Core
Design and maintain the automation platform for Chainguard's secure container image factory, integrating AI/LLM tooling to orchestrate package creation, testing, and building.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Sustaining Automation)
Builds
End-to-end automation systems for package and image creation, AI-powered developer tooling, and quality gates
Domain
Cloud Native Security / Software Supply Chain / DevOps
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Systems Architecture, AI/LLM integration, Linux build systems, Container ecosystems (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes), Developer tooling
Preferred skills
Linux distribution maintenance, Open-source contributions, Software supply chain security (SBOM, provenance), Compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FIPS)
Technologies
Go, LLMs, Docker, OCI, Kubernetes, Make, Bazel, apk, apt, rpm
Responsibilities
Drive technical vision and roadmap for the squad, Architect the automation platform, Build AI-powered tooling, Write production Go code, Mentor teammates, Collaborate across distributed teams
Seniority
Staff, technical leader & driver of vision