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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform
Redpoint Ventures PortfolioUnited States - Remote · Remote · Staff
$205,000 – $231,000
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What this role is
This Staff-level role owns significant pieces of Chainguard's internal developer platform, including CI/CD infrastructure, AI-driven automation, and build systems that power the company's engineering velocity. The position suits experienced platform engineers who thrive on eliminating toil, mentoring teams, and driving cross-functional technical direction in a fast-paced, shipping-focused culture.
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years building and operating production services and platform infrastructure in cloud environments
- Proficiency with Go or strong readiness to ramp quickly
- Deep expertise in CI/CD systems, container-based orchestration, and monorepo-scale tooling
- Experience contributing to technical direction across multiple teams
- Familiarity with Agentic AI and LLM-based automation in production
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Nice to have
- Experience scaling GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, Buildkite, or comparable systems at high throughput
- Experience scaling change-throughput beyond traditional PR workflows
- Background in developer experience metrics like DORA and SPACE
- Experience operating a large Go monorepo
- Familiarity with supply chain security, container ecosystems, or open source communities
- Experience publishing internal-platform milestones and running stakeholder feedback loops