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.
About the role
At Chainguard, our security posture is our competitive advantage. As a Staff Product Security Engineer, you will help make secure-by-default development a reality across our products and engineering organization. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of experience in software, product, application, or cloud security
- Experience driving security programs from design through rollout, such as secure SDLC, AI SDLC, vulnerability management, platform hardening, or security automation
- Practical understanding of how engineers build and ship software, with the ability to translate security requirements into workflows teams will adopt
- Strong hands-on familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, public cloud, and associated security controls
- Experience with security compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, or SLSA, and the ability to translate controls into practical engineering work
- Ability to automate security workflows in at least one language, such as Go, Python, or Shell, and integrate them into CI/CD
More about this role
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. 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.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
At Chainguard, our security posture is our competitive advantage. As a Staff Product Security Engineer, you will help make secure-by-default development a reality across our products and engineering organization.
You will lead high-impact, cross-functional security initiatives; partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership; and turn complex risks into practical, shippable improvements. A key focus of this role is the AI SDLC: establishing the policies, tooling, and guardrails that enable engineers to use AI responsibly and do the right thing by...
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