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Staff Software Engineer (Repositories)

Chainguard · United States - Remote

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
55 days
Chainguard's roles stay open a median of 51 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
5% of Chainguard's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Chainguard
high
53 stale, 1 reposted of 83 open
Hiring momentum
137 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-28

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Chainguard's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Chainguard.

About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Repository team at Chainguard, you will lead the architecture and implementation of core systems such as package registries and APIs that serve secure artifacts to customers. This role involves writing Go services, improving system reliability and performance, and mentoring other engineers while driving technical decisions for high-scale production systems. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance the repository experience and expand support for various artifact types.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Chainguard as an employer.

What you need

  • 8+ years of experience building and operating production backend or infrastructure systems
  • Strong Go experience, or deep backend systems experience with the ability to ramp quickly in Go
  • Experience building or operating customer-facing infrastructure such as package registries, artifact repositories, APIs, or high-scale serving systems
  • Experience deploying and managing services in production with strong judgment around reliability, observability, performance, and operational tradeoffs
  • Comfort working across application and infrastructure layers, including service development, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
  • Strong systems instincts and curiosity to proactively identify and solve problems

Nice to have

  • Experience with package registries, artifact serving, repository products, or adjacent systems such as Docker registries, GitLab package services, Artifactory, Nexus, or similar platforms
  • Familiarity with software supply chain security concepts such as provenance, SBOMs, and trusted artifact distribution
  • Open source experience, especially in tooling, package ecosystems, or infrastructure used by developers at scale
  • Experience supporting or expanding multi-artifact repository platforms across libraries, containers, OS packages, or similar artifact types

What you get

  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture
  • Receive stock options upon hire and promotion
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance for you and your dependents
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed in the posting, but a range is provided
  • The role is described as infrastructure-heavy, which may not appeal to all software engineers
  • Expectations for high-level ownership and technical leadership may be demanding

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Listed by Chainguard on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-28. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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