Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chainguard is a trusted source for open source, focused on securing the open source supply chain. They are seeking a Software Engineer to own backend features and services, contribute to infrastructure work, and support operational tasks within their Athena system.

Responsibilities

• Own moderately complex backend features and services in Go on GCP end-to-end from design through production with support as needed
• Write clean, tested, production-ready code and improve it when you find things that don't meet that bar
• Work within data ingestion and validation workflows, learning the patterns for handling unstructured enterprise data
• Participate in code review, both giving and receiving direct, constructive feedback
• Contribute to infrastructure and configuration work using Terraform with support from senior engineers
• Support operational work by contributing to observability tooling, documentation, and on-call preparation as you grow into the role

Skills

• 3+ years of software engineering experience
• Backend engineering fundamentals: data structures, APIs, databases, systems thinking
• Go experience or strong experience in another statically typed language with demonstrated willingness to learn Go is a must
• You write code you're not embarrassed to have reviewed: readable, tested, and thoughtfully structured
• Curiosity and a methodical approach to debugging and data problems; ability to reason about systems you didn't build
• GCP or cloud platform experience
• Experience with or strong interest in data pipelines, validation logic, or workflow systems
• Security or infrastructure domain exposure

Benefits

• 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. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 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.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

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