Senior AI CI/CD Engineer

Chainguard; United States; On-site; USD 205,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

Stock options with 10-year exercise

100% Covered Health Insurance

Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source security, delivering hardened, production-ready builds for developers and AI agents. We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer, AI CICD, to own end-to-end features and drive architecture for secure software supply chains.

You’ll work with Product and Experience teams to ship new products like Guardener and hardened Github Actions, guiding technical decisions and promoting excellence across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• Expertise with containers, Docker, Kubernetes and its ecosystem.
• Experience building and securing CI/CD systems.
• Proficiency with Go (Golang) or willingness to ramp quickly.
• Experience with AI tooling and applying it to complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end from design through rollout in partnership with Product and Experience teams.
• Navigate ambiguous problems and define a clear path forward.
• Contribute to a data-driven roadmap with deadlines and iterative shipping.
• Extend Chainguard's AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences.
• Provide a strong technical perspective in architectural decisions and collaborate with the team.

Skills

Go (Golang)

CI/CD systems

AI tooling

English communication

Autonomy & initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Artifact registries

Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source security, delivering hardened, production-ready builds for developers and AI agents. We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer, AI CICD, to own end-to-end features and drive architecture for secure software supply chains.

You’ll work with Product and Experience teams to ship new products like Guardener and hardened Github Actions, guiding technical decisions and promoting excellence across the team.