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# Chainguard Jobs

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Chainguard is a software supply-chain security company that delivers hardened, production-ready builds of open-source software.
| | |
|---|---|
| **Headquarters** | Kirkland, Washington, USA |
| **Size** | 201-500 employees |
| **Industry** | Software Products |
| **Website** | https://www.chainguard.dev/ |


## Open jobs at Chainguard

- Enterprise Sales Engineer Central — Remote
- Enterprise Sales Engineer Bay Area — Remote
- Senior Customer Success Operations Manager — Remote
- Senior Renewal Manager, Public Sector — Remote
- Senior Renewal Manager, Enterprise — Remote
- Renewal Manager Commercial — Remote
- Senior Manager, Renewals — Remote
- Senior Solutions Architect PubSec — Remote
- Strategy & Operations Senior Manager, Security Technology — Remote
- Senior Technical Support Engineer West — Remote
- Senior Technical Support Engineer East — Remote
- Enterprise Business Development Representative East — Remote
- Corporate Account Executive Central — Remote
- Corporate Account Executive California — Remote
- Partner Sales Engineer West — Remote
- Sr. Creative Producer, Brand — Remote
- Staff Product Security Engineer — Remote
- Enterprise Account Executive Central — IL · Remote
- Customer Success Manager, Enterprise Central — Remote
- Enterprise Account Executive Southeast — 2 locations

## Summary

- Postings on employer career sites published Nov 1, 2025 – Nov 13, 2026: 326
- Median salary: $171K
- Salary range (P25–P75): $153K – $218K
- Remote share: 98.5%
## H-1B filing history

1 H-1B labor condition applications cover 1 worker positions in FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4. Source: U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosure data. A petition is not a hire and does not establish sponsorship for a current vacancy.

## What should I know about Chainguard?

### About

Headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, and operating with a distributed workforce, it serves enterprises with continuously maintained container images and language libraries built from source with verified provenance and reduced vulnerability exposure.


### History

Chainguard was founded in 2021 by former Google engineers with backgrounds in open-source and software supply-chain security. After an initial seed round, the company raised successive funding rounds as its hardened-images business expanded, including a Series C in 2024 and a $356 million Series D in 2025 at a reported $3.5 billion valuation.


### Markets and services

Chainguard's product lines provide maintained open-source components for enterprise engineering teams.

- Chainguard Containers - Minimal container images are built from source, continuously rebuilt, and supplied with provenance and software-bill-of-materials information to reduce known vulnerabilities.
- Chainguard Libraries - Hardened builds of open-source language libraries give engineering teams a maintained source for dependencies used in applications and AI systems.
- Founded: 2021



## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is Chainguard hiring in the US?

Yes. Chainguard has 65 open jobs in the US right now, taken from its own careers site. Open a job to see its requirements and how to apply.

### What do the posted salaries at Chainguard cover?

The median advertised annual pay is $170,750, based on 162 postings with pay from Nov 1, 2025 – Nov 13, 2026. These are the figures the employer advertises, not accepted offers or total compensation.

### Can I work remotely at Chainguard?

Chainguard has 65 remote jobs in the US right now. Each job sets its own location and work eligibility requirements.

### Does Chainguard sponsor H-1B visas?

Chainguard filed 1 H-1B labor condition application covering 1 worker position in FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4, according to U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data. A petition is not a hire or a guarantee of sponsorship for an open role.

### Why don’t some Chainguard jobs show pay?

Some employer postings do not state a salary. Only postings with stated pay contribute to the pay comparison; a median requires at least 30 salaried postings. An estimate is labelled separately.

### How can I hear about new Chainguard jobs?

Create a job alert for Chainguard to receive matching roles as they appear. Choose the frequency in your alert settings.


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