Overview

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What You’ll Do

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Set clear goals, manage performance, and ensure the team operates efficiently.
• Technical Contributions: Lead by example with hands-on involvement in technical work, including fulfilling new images and process automation.
• Hiring and Team Building: Partner with recruiting to organize and lead interviewing, screening, and assessing candidates for technical skills and cultural fit.
• Backlog Management: Work with the Technical Program Manager to prioritize and manage the image-building backlog, aligning tasks with immediate needs and long-term goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Customer Success, Sales, and Partner Support to align engineering efforts with customer needs and go-to-market strategies.
• Forecasting and Planning: Anticipate future work, project timelines, and resource needs. Develop estimates and plans with senior management to ensure appropriate staffing.
• Technical Continuity: Stay connected with the team’s work by providing technical guidance and participating in key tasks as needed.

What We’re Looking For

• Location Requirement: UK (preferred). Other locations in Europe considered case-by-case.
• Time Zone Collaboration: Ability to coordinate with teams in India, including occasional early-morning meetings within standard UK/Europe hours.
• Leadership Experience: 3+ years of leadership experience with a proven track record in engineering teams in high-autonomy, high-trust environments.
• Technical Background: At least 3 years of experience in Software Development, DevOps, or Cloud-Native engineering, with hands-on Linux experience.
• Leadership & Coaching: Experience fostering learning and growth, mentoring engineers, and providing clear feedback for career development.
• Global Collaboration: Experience working for a US-centric company with teams across Europe and the US in a distributed, remote setting.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to anticipate future challenges, plan for growth, and align technical work with business objectives. Cloud-Native experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud services (GCP, AWS).

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains. Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

We live and breathe our company values:

• Customer obsessed
• Bias for intentional action
• Serious work, with a balanced culture
• Trust and transparency

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Remote work with team meetups, bi-annual summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking, phone, and internet costs.
• Equity: Stock options on hire and promotion, with participation in secondary offerings and 10 years to exercise options.
• Health Insurance: 100% covered premiums for health, vision, and dental for you and dependents.
• Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and reset.
• Parental Leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with flexible usage within the child’s first year.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability status, or other protected characteristics. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard’s Privacy Policy.