Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform

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ChainguardSoftware Development / Cybersecurity
United States - RemoteFull-TimeStaff
Salary$205,000 — $231,000 USD
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Job Details

Experience
8+ years
Required Skills
KubernetesGoCI/CDGitHub ActionsLLM

Requirements

  • 8+ years building and operating production services and platform infrastructure in modern cloud environments.
  • Proficiency with Go (Golang) or strong readiness to ramp quickly.
  • Deep technical expertise in CI/CD systems, container-based orchestration, and scaling large monorepos.
  • Experience contributing to technical direction across multiple teams, evaluating tradeoffs, and deprecating legacy systems.
  • Familiarity with Agentic AI / LLM-based automation in production, including RAG, memory, and tool-calling.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with diverse engineering teams.
  • Self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and focused on data-driven improvements.
  • Experience scaling build/workflow systems like GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, or Buildkite is a plus.
  • Background in developer experience metrics (DORA, SPACE) is preferred.
  • Familiarity with supply chain security, container ecosystems (OCI, Kubernetes), or open source communities.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve significant pieces of the Developer Platform including monorepo CI/CD, Agentic AI, and shared build infrastructure.
  • Author technical design documents and ensure software is reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Improve the speed, reliability, and developer experience of the monorepo CI/CD pipeline.
  • Contribute to next-generation change throughput using agent-driven workflows, automated validation, and AI-assisted reviews.
  • Productionize the Agentic AI platform by implementing observability, shared memory, and context-engineering patterns.
  • Consolidate fragmented build systems and deliver standardized paved road blueprints for new products.
  • Partner with internal teams to identify toil and automate repetitive manual work.
  • Mentor teammates and raise the bar on design and code reviews.
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