Staff Software Engineer (Customer Platform)

CanadaRemote

Responsibilities

Own features end-to-end: from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration, in close partnership with Product Management and the partner Chainguard teams.
Design, build, and evolve the backend systems (Go, REST/gRPC APIs) that power Chainguard's entitlement, policy, and customer onboarding services

By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
This team owns the APIs, entitlements, policies, and platform primitives that enable everything else.
Serve as the primary technical interface between Customer Platform and other Chainguard engineering teams (Containers, Libraries, OS packages) — understanding their
Extend Chainguard's agentic AI foundation into customer-facing product experiences
experience is a must. At the staff level, the expectation is deep, idiomatic Go, not "willing to learn"
Experience working across multiple engineering teams to align on technical standards, integration patterns, and shared infrastructure
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide technical guidance without needing a management title to do it
Familiarity with cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, cloud provider APIs) is a strong plus •
Experience with entitlements, billing systems, or platform infrastructure is a plus but not required

Prior exposure to building or extending AI-powered product features is a plus Base Salary Range $205,000 — $231,000 USD About Us
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.
Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.
100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.