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Staff Software Engineer (Malware Detection) at Chainguard

Department: R&D Engineering

Compensation

$170,000 – $231,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Chainguard is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture, scale, reliability, and production operation of its shared malware-scanning platform. The role owns detection-quality pipelines, scanner orchestration, verdict storage, APIs, threat-analysis systems, customer-facing services, policy management, and incident response. It is a backend and production-infrastructure role in software supply-chain security, requiring multiple years of production systems experience, strong Go or backend systems experience, and experience with high-throughput event-driven pipelines. The position offers a base salary of $170,000–$231,000 USD and a flexible, remote-first culture.

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