Senior Software Engineer (Customer Platform)

Chainguard; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity/stock options

Unlimited PTO

Remote work with flexible coworking

Home office and internet stipend

100% health/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a backend Platform Engineer to design and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with Product and Experience teams to ship iterative improvements.

You will work with Go, microservices and cloud-native stacks, contributing to a shared platform across Chainguard products. This remote-friendly role emphasizes strong collaboration and open-source contributions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency with Go and building production services.
• Experience designing, implementing and evolving public APIs.
• Familiarity with microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong collaboration with product, design and frontend teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs.
• Own features end-to-end from design to rollout and iteration.
• Create technical design documents and drive clear design plans.
• Contribute to a product-driven roadmap with clear outcomes and timely delivery.

Skills

Go

Microservices

Cloud-native architectures

API design

Versioning & backwards compatibility

Open-source contributions

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

Job description

• Join the Platform team, which owns customer-facing platform capabilities powering Chainguard’s products, including its notification system, authentication, and next-generation public APIs. Design and build backend services and APIs used across multiple product lines, partnering closely with Product and the Experience team to ship features customers rely on
• Design, build, and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs by understanding how different Chainguard products and customer segments use shared platform capabilities, and ensuring APIs and services work well for all of them
• Own features end-to-end, from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration, in close partnership with Product Management and the Experience (front-end) team
• Create technical design documents and drive your own design plans with clarity and confidence
• Contribute to a product-driven roadmap with real deadlines and clear outcomes, helping the team prioritize tradeoffs and ship iteratively rather than waiting for “perfect.”

Benefits

• Equity/stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
• Home office and internet stipend
• 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family

Proven ability to thrive in a remote startup environment, working independently, handling ambiguity, and adapting to a fast-paced, high-intensity cultureExcellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work with product managers, designers, and engineers across multiple product linesProficiency with Go or strong readiness to ramp up quickly; the team writes everything in Go and expects you to learn it quicklyExperience designing, implementing, and evolving public APIs consumed externally and internally across multiple products or services, including real-world experience with versioning, backwards compatibility, authentication, and usabilityStrong backend engineering experience, with 5+ years of experience building production services and APIs in a modern cloud environmentFamiliarity with microservices and cloud-native architectures, including containers and Kubernetes, and with building observable and resilient production servicesExperience in the cloud-native, containers, or security ecosystem, or with tools in the broader CNCF spacePrior experience building platform or shared services that span multiple products or customer experiencesMeaningful open-source contributions, especially as a maintainer or regular contributor to relevant projects