Staff Product Security Engineer

Chainguard

. Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with security gates that identify issues before production.

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in software and security engineering, with a strong focus on designing and securing CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes workloads, and cloud environments. Proficient in implementing software supply chain security controls and addressing emerging security needs through innovative solutions.

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CI/CD Pipeline Design And SecurityKubernetes Hardening And SecurityGCP And AWS Security ExpertiseGo Or Python ProficiencySoftware Supply Chain Security Frameworks

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Hard Skills

Go ProgrammingPython ProgrammingKubernetes SecurityCI/CD Pipeline SecurityCloud IAM ManagementContainer SecuritySBOM GenerationPolicy-As-Code ToolsThreat ModelingSecurity Architecture Reviews

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsCloud BuildTektonSigstoreSLSAOPAKyvernoConftestChainguard ImagesDistroless Images

Industry Keywords

Cloud Security FrameworksOWASPNISTSecurity ResearchOffensive SecurityBug BountyCTFPenetration Testing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesOpen SourcePythonGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with security gates that identify issues before production.
Systematically, consistently, and automatically capture the risk exposure of Chainguard products.
Implement and enforce software supply chain security controls, including signed artifacts, SBOMs, and provenance attestation using SLSA and Sigstore/Cosign.
Identify emerging customer security needs and build solutions to address them.
Lead security architecture reviews and threat models for Kubernetes-based workloads on GCP and AWS.
Harden container images, Kubernetes cluster configurations, and cloud IAM postures to minimize attack surface.
Define and drive adoption of baseline security standards, including pod security standards, network policies, workload identity, and secrets management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in software engineering, security engineering, or a combined role with meaningful hands-on security responsibility throughout.
Strong proficiency in Go or Python, with ability to write, review, and debug production-quality code.
Deep, hands-on production Kubernetes experience, including cluster hardening, RBAC, network policies, and admission controllers.
Practical expertise with GCP and/or AWS, including IAM, workload identity, secrets management, and security services.
Proven track record designing and securing CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or Tekton.
Fluency with container security, including image scanning, distroless/minimal base images, and runtime security.
Experience with software supply chain security tooling and frameworks, including Sigstore, SLSA, and SBOM generation.
Solid understanding of OWASP, NIST, and cloud security frameworks and their pragmatic application.
Familiarity with Chainguard Images or other minimal/hardened container base image ecosystems.
Experience with policy-as-code tools such as OPA, Kyverno, and Conftest.
Contributions to open source security projects.
Background in security research or offensive security, such as bug bounty, CTF, or penetration testing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.
Participation in secondary offerings.
10 years to exercise stock options.
100% covered health, vision and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents.
∞ Flexible Time Off.
18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, usable all at once or throughout the child's first year.