AI CI/CD Engineering Manager - Secure DevTools Lead(Remote)

Remote Worker LTD.; United States; Remote; USD 229,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Stock options

100% health insurance coverage

Job summary

Chainguard is building the next generation of secure software tools and is seeking an engineering manager to lead a fast-moving team delivering tools developers will actually use—Guardener, hardened GitHub Actions, Chainguard Agent Skills, and microVM sandbox products.

You will own these products end-to-end, hire and grow the team, set the roadmap with Product, and stay hands-on to dig into code. This is a high-ownership role that prizes initiative and measurable shipping success.

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineers and growing a team.
• Track record of shipping products or major features.
• Strong technical background with ability to read code and review designs.
• Proficiency with Go or readiness to ramp quickly.
• Experience building CI/CD systems and developer tooling; familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infra.
• Experience with AI tooling and applying it to customer problems.
• Ability to work autonomously in ambiguous environments and ship iteratively.
• Strong communication and collaboration with Product and customers.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of products end-to-end from roadmap through rollout and iteration.
• Hire, lead, and grow a small engineering team; remove blockers.
• Stay hands-on: review designs and PRs, prototype when needed, unblock the team.
• Partner with Product to define a realistic roadmap with deadlines.
• Navigate ambiguity and take initiative toward a clear path forward.
• Ensure quality and reliability, stay close to customers, and feed feedback into the roadmap.

Skills

Team leadership

Product delivery

Go programming

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

AI tooling

Communication

Tools

Go

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Job description

Chainguard is building the next generation of secure software tools and is seeking an engineering manager to lead a fast-moving team delivering tools developers will actually use—Guardener, hardened GitHub Actions, Chainguard Agent Skills, and microVM sandbox products.

You will own these products end-to-end, hire and grow the team, set the roadmap with Product, and stay hands-on to dig into code. This is a high-ownership role that prizes initiative and measurable shipping success.