Software Engineer (Repositories)

Remote · US · USD 170,000-231,000 · 2+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 28, 2026

At a glance

We live and breathe our company values:
- We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
- We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
- We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:

The Repositories team at Chainguard owns the customer-facing infrastructure that serves software libraries and is expanding to support containers and APKs.
This infrastructure-heavy backend role involves developing Go services, improving system reliability, and contributing to production artifact platforms.

Build and improve customer-facing registries, APIs, and artifact-serving systems.
Implement projects from technical design through testing, rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
Develop and operate backend services in Go.
Contribute to work involving scalability, reliability, observability, performance, and load testing.
Participate in design discussions regarding service boundaries, APIs, data flows, and operational patterns.
Collaborate with engineers and product partners to deliver a cohesive repository experience.
Review code and contribute to a supportive engineering team.
Investigate and resolve production issues to build operational judgment.

2+ years of experience building software, including backend or infrastructure systems.
Experience with Go, or strong programming experience in another language with the ability to learn Go quickly.
Experience contributing to software projects from implementation through testing and release.
Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals including testing, code review, debugging, and version control.
Exposure to deploying or operating services in production, or a strong interest in developing those skills.
A systems-oriented mindset and curiosity.
Clear communication and a collaborative approach for a remote environment.

5+ years of experience building and operating production backend or infrastructure systems.
Strong Go experience, or deep backend systems experience.
Experience owning backend or infrastructure projects from design through production operation.
Experience building or operating customer-facing infrastructure such as package registries or artifact repositories.
Strong judgment around reliability, observability, performance, security, and operational tradeoffs.
Experience deploying and managing services in production, including cloud infrastructure and Terraform.
Strong systems instincts and ability to proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote environment.