# Staff Software Engineer (Malware Detection) 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: Senior
- Location: United States - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4713466006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-staff-software-engineer-malware-detection/

## About the role

Chainguard is building the most trusted source for open source software. Every artifact Chainguard distributes is evaluated by our scanner before it reaches a customer. It determines whether a package, container, or AI agent skill is safe to use and sits between our customers and compromised software.

## What they're looking for

- Multiple years building and operating production backend or infrastructure systems, with a clear track record of staff-level ownership and technical leadership
- Strong Go experience, or deep backend systems experience with the ability to ramp quickly in Go
- Experience owning highly technical platforms or backend infrastructure that supports multiple products or internal customers
- Experience with high-throughput, event-driven pipelines where throughput, latency, and correctness all matter at once
- Strong understanding of software supply chain security, malware detection, vulnerability management, or adjacent security domains
- Demonstrated success making engineering design and prioritization decisions in technically complex and ambiguous environments

Tags: R&D Engineering