Principal Product Security Researcher

ChainguardSoftware security

Location: US, Canada, UKFull-TimePrincipal

Salary201,000 - 226,000 USD per year

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Bring deep experience in product or application security.
Have a track record of leading research or threat-focused work that drove clear, company-level outcomes.
Have expert knowledge across multiple domains, such as secure architecture, application or product security, software supply chain, and organization-level risk management.
Balance security, velocity, and reliability.
Own ambiguous, cross-functional problems and turn them into structured, prioritized initiatives that ship and persist.
Present complex ideas to executive stakeholders, gain alignment, and drive high-level decisions.
Stay current with industry trends, tooling, and research methods and apply them pragmatically.
Work independently with high ownership and collaborate generously with others.
Build structure in fast-evolving, uncertain contexts.
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Research emerging threats and trends in software supply chain and product security, and analyze their impact on Chainguard’s products and customers.
Design pragmatic mitigations across people, process, and technology.
Partner with executive and senior engineering leadership to drive security strategy, influence roadmap decisions, and secure buy-in for complex changes.
Identify systematic weaknesses and develop plans that address root causes.
Mentor Product Security and Engineering teams on threats, risk, and long-term security posture.
Balance input from stakeholders across the organization and deliver value for different functions.
Represent Chainguard externally through talks, conferences, and thought leadership.

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