# Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation at Chainguard

- Company: Chainguard
- What the company does: Chainguard provides trusted open source artifacts for every layer of your modern software stack—containers, language libraries, and VM images. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://www.chainguard.dev/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Canada - Remote; United States - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4723523006?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-software-engineer-sustaining-automation/

## About the role

Chainguard delivers the industry's most secure container images: minimal, zero-CVE, rebuilt daily from source. This role sits on our Package and Image Automation team, part of Sustaining Automation, the group that owns the automation underpinning our entire image factory. As we scale the number of ecosystems and images we support, this team builds and maintains the systems that keep packages and images current, tested, and building cleanly with as little manual intervention as possible. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 3-5 years of software engineering experience, with a track record of building and shipping production systems
- Strong Go skills
- Experience with AI/LLM usage to generate, review, and test code
- Systems design skills: ability to contribute to loosely-coupled, scalable systems and make pragmatic trade-offs
- Experience building developer tools, CLIs, or automation platforms
- Container ecosystem knowledge: Docker, OCI, container registries, Kubernetes

Tags: R&D Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-software-engineer-sustaining-automation/