Senior Security Engineer (Cloud) at Chainguard
$137,000–$160,000
Jul 27, 2026
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Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote Senior Security Engineer role at a late-stage startup focused on securing a multi-cloud environment (primarily GCP, with AWS and Azure) that directly underpins the company's product. The engineer will architect and harden cloud platforms, embed security into developer tooling via IaC and Kubernetes, design identity and access strategies, and help secure AI-driven pipelines and software supply chain infrastructure. The scope and cross-team influence described align more closely with a Staff-level position than a typical Senior.
Staff level · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Staff.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 470 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 280–710
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role blends cloud security analysis (15-1212) with substantial infrastructure-as-code and platform engineering work (15-1252). The security hardening, threat response, and supply-chain security focus tipped the classification toward 15-1212, but a strong case exists for 15-1252.
The title says 'Sr Security Engineer' (Senior), but the requirements explicitly call for 'Staff-level experience architecting and securing complex, multi-cloud environments' and broad cross-team architectural ownership — the actual scope supports a Staff band.
AWS and Azure appear under 'a plus' / 'nice-to-have' framing in the requirements section; AWS is listed first and Azure is captured as an alternative.
SLSA and GKE are called out as 'strong plus' or parenthetical context within the requirements block — treated as preferred rather than hard gates.
AI/ML infrastructure experience is listed in the requirements section but framed as 'experience securing or architecting' without firm gating language — treated as preferred.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
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