Chainguard

3 days ago

Software Engineer (Libraries Platform)

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Job Summary

Build Chainguard’s infrastructure-centric Libraries Platform that continuously builds, verifies, and serves open-source libraries across ecosystems. You’ll design and implement core services, APIs, and automation—covering artifact creation, vulnerability scanning, SBOM/provenance, and policy enforcement—while powering package indexes and registry mirrors. Work on internal CLIs (often in Go), drive reliability with SLOs and observability, and help generate AI-assisted security patches with trusted verification.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead design and implementation of core Libraries Platform components, including services, pipelines, and the package index for secure, reproducible build/test/distribution across ecosystems.
•Design and maintain automation for artifact creation, updates, and verification, including vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, SBOM/provenance generation, and policy enforcement.
•Build and operate shared platform services (package indexes, registry mirrors, metadata services, and orchestration tooling) for external customers and internal ecosystem teams.
•Develop internal developer tools and CLIs (often in Go) and integrate with build systems and CI/CD to improve how libraries are built and shipped.
•Drive reliability, scalability, and observability via SLOs, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and post-incident improvements; troubleshoot production build and dependency issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 89,807 - 105,393 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceVisionDentalEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•5+ years designing, building, and operating infrastructure for language ecosystems or developer platforms, including build systems, package registries, or CI/CD.
•Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) or readiness to ramp quickly.
•Proven track record building and owning developer tooling and automation (plugins, CLIs, code generators, or custom pipelines) at scale.
•Strong background in CI/CD, cloud-native infrastructure, and IaC, including Docker/OCI, Kubernetes, public cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), and tools such as Terraform and GitHub Actions/Argo/Tekton.
•Ability to debug complex toolchain/compiler/packaging and infrastructure failures in production and drive issues to root cause.

Experience:5+ yearsOpen sourceDeveloper platformsCI/CDSoftware supply chain security

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationDocumentationOwnershipMentoring

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GoGolangJavaJavaScriptPythonAI/MLDockerOCIKubernetesGCPAWSAzureTerraformGitHub ActionsArgoTektonCI/CDSLOsSBOMProvenance

Company Brief

Chainguard

Builds software supply chain security solutions for containerized and Kubernetes-native environments, offering tools for secure builds, attestations, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement to help organizations deploy trustworthy software at scale.

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Funding: Series C

Headquarters: Seattle, United States

Founded: 2020

Website LinkedIn

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Chainguard

3 days ago

Software Engineer (Libraries Platform)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 15 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead design and implementation of core Libraries Platform components, including services, pipelines, and the package index for secure, reproducible build/test/distribution across ecosystems.
•Design and maintain automation for artifact creation, updates, and verification, including vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, SBOM/provenance generation, and policy enforcement.
•Build and operate shared platform services (package indexes, registry mirrors, metadata services, and orchestration tooling) for external customers and internal ecosystem teams.
•Develop internal developer tools and CLIs (often in Go) and integrate with build systems and CI/CD to improve how libraries are built and shipped.
•Drive reliability, scalability, and observability via SLOs, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and post-incident improvements; troubleshoot production build and dependency issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 89,807 - 105,393 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceVisionDentalEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•5+ years designing, building, and operating infrastructure for language ecosystems or developer platforms, including build systems, package registries, or CI/CD.
•Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) or readiness to ramp quickly.
•Proven track record building and owning developer tooling and automation (plugins, CLIs, code generators, or custom pipelines) at scale.
•Strong background in CI/CD, cloud-native infrastructure, and IaC, including Docker/OCI, Kubernetes, public cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), and tools such as Terraform and GitHub Actions/Argo/Tekton.
•Ability to debug complex toolchain/compiler/packaging and infrastructure failures in production and drive issues to root cause.

Experience:5+ yearsOpen sourceDeveloper platformsCI/CDSoftware supply chain security

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationDocumentationOwnershipMentoring

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GoGolangJavaJavaScriptPythonAI/MLDockerOCIKubernetesGCPAWSAzureTerraformGitHub ActionsArgoTektonCI/CDSLOsSBOMProvenance

Company Brief

Chainguard

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Funding: Series C

Headquarters: Seattle, United States

Founded: 2020

Website LinkedIn