Remote Principal Product Security Architect

Georgian; United States; Remote; USD 229,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly culture

Stock options

Health insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Principal Product Security Engineer to define and drive product security across major products and platforms. You will lead cross‑functional security initiatives, embed security by design into roadmaps, and partner with engineering leadership to turn high‑level risk into concrete, ship‑ready plans.

The role requires autonomous leadership, strong threat framing, and collaboration to improve SDLC security, AI SDLC, and vulnerability management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software, product, or application security with ownership of complex products or platforms.
• Deep expertise in secure architecture and system design for cloud-native or distributed systems.
• Experience driving org-level risk management and security programs from design through rollout.
• Strong hands-on familiarity with cloud-native environments (containers, Kubernetes, public cloud) and security controls.
• Experience with security compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, SLSA) and translating controls into engineering work.
• Ability to automate security workflows in at least one language and integrate into CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Shape product security strategy and guardrails for AI-assisted development across design, coding, testing, and operations.
• Lead cross-functional programs that span multiple teams and quarters for SDLC improvements and vulnerability reduction.
• Accelerate vulnerability remediation and automation with tooling for detection, triage, and remediation.
• Evolve security assurance programs for pentests, vulnerability assessments, and bug bounty activities into engineering changes.
• Champion secure-by-default tooling and integrate security tools into CI/CD with developer workflows.

Skills

Security strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud security

Kubernetes

CI/CD automation

Threat modeling

Stakeholder communication

Autonomy

Tools

Go

Python

Shell

Job description

Chainguard is seeking a Principal Product Security Engineer to define and drive product security across major products and platforms. You will lead cross‑functional security initiatives, embed security by design into roadmaps, and partner with engineering leadership to turn high‑level risk into concrete, ship‑ready plans.

The role requires autonomous leadership, strong threat framing, and collaboration to improve SDLC security, AI SDLC, and vulnerability management.