Staff Software Engineer (Malware Detection)
Core
Lead the engineering of Chainguard's shared malware scanning platform to ensure safe distribution of open source artifacts, containers, and AI agents.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Infrastructure)
Builds
Chainguard Libraries, Containers, Agent Skills, and future artifact types
Domain
Software supply chain security and malware detection
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, backend systems architecture, high-throughput event-driven pipelines, software supply chain security, operational reliability, technical leadership
Preferred skills
malware detection, static analysis, SCA, vulnerability scanning, package ecosystems (npm, PyPI, Maven, Go modules), container registries, cloud infrastructure, Terraform, AI-assisted security analysis, sandboxing (eBPF, gVisor, seccomp)
Technologies
Go, Terraform, eBPF, gVisor, seccomp
Responsibilities
Own the architecture and scale of the shared malware scanning platform; build measurement pipelines and feedback loops for detection quality; scale analysis from static to AI-assisted reasoning; build APIs for customer investigation and policy management; operate the scanner as a critical path system with incident response.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
