Staff Software Engineer - Customer Platform (Remote)

Chainguard, Inc.; United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 205,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

Equity program with stock options

100% Covered Health Insurance

Infinite Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Chainguard, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Customer Platform to own end-to-end backend features in a remote-capable role. You’ll design and evolve APIs, entitlement, and onboarding services, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams across the company.

You will mentor engineers, drive pragmatic roadmaps, and push for iterative delivery in a fast-moving, AI-enabled security-focused platform.

Qualifications

• Own features end-to-end: design, implement, rollout and iterate with Product Management.
• Design, build, and evolve backend systems powering entitlement, policy, and onboarding services.
• Serve as primary technical interface between Customer Platform and other Chainguard teams.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and drive clear outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration, in close partnership with Product Management and the partner Chainguard teams.
• Design, build, and evolve the backend systems (Go, REST/gRPC APIs) that power Chainguard’s entitlement, policy, and customer onboarding services
• Serve as the primary technical interface between Customer Platform and other Chainguard engineering teams (Containers, Libraries, OS packages) by understanding their requirements and building integration paths
• Extend Chainguard’s agentic AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers; help the team break down ambiguity and build toward clear outcomes
• 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”

Skills

API design

Backend systems

Go

REST/gRPC APIs

Kubernetes

Cloud provider APIs

Entitlements/Billing

AI-powered features

Mentoring

Tools

Go

REST/gRPC

Kubernetes

Job description

Chainguard, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Customer Platform to own end-to-end backend features in a remote-capable role. You’ll design and evolve APIs, entitlement, and onboarding services, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams across the company.

You will mentor engineers, drive pragmatic roadmaps, and push for iterative delivery in a fast-moving, AI-enabled security-focused platform.