Senior Software Engineer (Customer Platform)

Join the Platform team, which owns customer-facing platform capabilities powering Chainguard's products, including its notification system, authentication, and next-generation public APIs. Design and build backend services and APIs used across multiple product lines, partnering closely with Product and the Experience team to ship features customers rely on Design, build, and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs by understanding how different Chainguard products and customer segments use shared platform capabilities, and ensuring APIs and services work well for all of them Own features end-to-end, from design through implementation, rollout, and iteration, in close partnership with Product Management and the Experience (front-end) team Create technical design documents and drive your own design plans with clarity and confidence Contribute to a product-driven roadmap with real deadlines and clear outcomes, helping the team prioritize tradeoffs and ship iteratively rather than waiting for "perfect." Benefits Equity/stock options Unlimited PTO Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities Home office and internet stipend 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family Proven ability to thrive in a remote startup environment, working independently, handling ambiguity, and adapting to a fast-paced, high-intensity cultureExcellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work with product managers, designers, and engineers across multiple product linesProficiency with Go or strong readiness to ramp up quickly; the team writes everything in Go and expects you to learn it quicklyExperience designing, implementing, and evolving public APIs consumed externally and internally across multiple products or services, including real-world experience with versioning, backwards compatibility, authentication, and usabilityStrong backend engineering experience, with 5+ years of experience building production services and APIs in a modern cloud environmentFamiliarity with microservices and cloud-native architectures, including containers and Kubernetes, and with building observable and resilient production servicesExperience in the cloud-native, containers, or security ecosystem, or with tools in the broader CNCF spacePrior experience building platform or shared services that span multiple products or customer experiencesMeaningful open-source contributions, especially as a maintainer or regular contributor to relevant projects

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