Senior Software Engineer — Container Images & Security

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RapidFortCybersecurity

Location: United States; Location: RemoteFull-TimeSenior

SalaryBase salary: $130,000–$200,000, depending on experience and technical depth. Equity participation.

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5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, Linux systems engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or SRE.
Deep understanding of Linux systems and hands-on experience with distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, or RHEL.
Strong experience building and optimizing Docker images, including multi-stage builds, image layering, and container filesystem structures.
Experience investigating and remediating CVEs in Linux packages and container images, including patching, rebuilding, and validating fixes.
Working knowledge of Linux package management and dependency resolution using apt, apk, yum/dnf, or rpm.
Programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash, including building maintainable automation and internal tooling.
Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanners such as Trivy, Grype, or Clair, along with SBOM generation.
Understanding of Kubernetes concepts, container lifecycles, and image deployment requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues independently and collaborate across engineering teams.

Design, build, and maintain minimal, hardened container images across Linux distributions and application runtimes.
Analyze, patch, rebuild, and validate CVE remediations across OS packages, libraries, runtimes, and dependencies.
Troubleshoot package compatibility, dependency, build, and runtime issues while preserving application functionality.
Reduce image size and attack surface by removing unnecessary packages, binaries, and dependencies.
Build and improve automated pipelines for image builds, vulnerability scanning, remediation, testing, and publishing.
Develop tooling for image versioning, dependency updates, metadata, and release traceability.
Generate, validate, and maintain SBOMs.
Validate image functionality, reproducibility, and compatibility with Kubernetes and other containerized environments.
Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and security teams on hardening standards and workflow integration.
Document curated images and improve remediation speed, image quality, build reliability, and operational efficiency.

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