Remote-First Principal AI Security Engineer

Chainguard; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave 18 weeks

Stock options

Coworking stipend

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a senior security leader to shape product security strategy and define guardrails for AI-assisted development. You will lead large-scale security initiatives, drive secure SDLC improvements, and accelerate remediation with automation against vulnerabilities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in software security, hands-on cloud-native experience, and the ability to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines using Go, Python, or Shell.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software, product, or application security.
• Deep expertise in secure architecture.
• Hands-on with cloud-native security and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Shape product security strategy and guardrails for AI-assisted development.
• Lead large-scale security initiatives such as secure SDLC improvements.
• Accelerate vulnerability remediation and automate detection, triage, and fixes.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud-native

CI/CD automation

Go

Python

Shell

Vulnerability management

Secure SDLC

Job description

Chainguard is seeking a senior security leader to shape product security strategy and define guardrails for AI-assisted development. You will lead large-scale security initiatives, drive secure SDLC improvements, and accelerate remediation with automation against vulnerabilities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in software security, hands-on cloud-native experience, and the ability to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines using Go, Python, or Shell.