Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation

About the role

The organization operates within the open source software industry, addressing the challenge of securing the software supply chain and delivering hardened, production-ready builds trusted by software engineers and AI agents. It serves a broad customer base, including Fortune 500 enterprises and global leaders across sectors such as banking, fintech, government, and infrastructure. The organization is backed by prominent venture investors and focuses on providing secure container images and related services to improve build speed, compliance, and risk elimination.

The Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation role is focused on developing and maintaining automation systems that support the organization’s container image production. This position contributes to building AI-powered tools and scalable automation platforms that enhance the reliability and efficiency of package creation, testing, and image building. The role is critical in advancing the automation infrastructure that underpins the software supply chain security efforts, offering the opportunity to influence team direction and collaborate across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation platforms for package creation, test generation, and image building
• Build AI-integrated tooling for manifest generation, test scaffolding, and validation
• Write production-quality Go code for CLI tools, services, and integrations
• Create tools and automation that improve customer reliability including test and validation frameworks
• Contribute technical input to the team's roadmap and planning
• Collaborate with distributed teams across multiple time zones

Requirements

• 3-5 years of software engineering experience with production system delivery
• Proficiency in Go programming language
• Experience using AI/LLM to generate, review, and test code
• Systems design skills for scalable and loosely-coupled architectures
• Experience building developer tools, command line interfaces, or automation platforms
• Knowledge of container ecosystems including Docker, OCI, container registries, and Kubernetes
• Strong communication skills for documentation and cross-team collaboration
• Residency in the US or Canada

Pay

Base salary range $121,000 to $142,000 USD

Benefits

• Flexible and remote-first work culture with team meetups and stipends for coworking, phone, and internet
• Stock options with extended exercise period and participation in secondary offerings
• 100% coverage of health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents
• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents, 12 weeks for non-birthing parents