Principal Product Security Researcher

The role

You will lead the product security research function by mapping emerging threats and turning insights into strategy. You will shape security direction across products and platforms by partnering with leadership.

What you will do

• Research emerging threats and trends in software supply chain and product security
• Design creative mitigations across people, process, and technology
• Partner with executive and senior engineering leadership to drive org-level security strategy
• Identify systematic weaknesses and develop plans to fix root causes
• Mentor and uplevel others across Product Security and Engineering
• Take input and suggestions from across the organisation
• Represent Chainguard externally through talks, conferences, and thought leadership

Required qualifications

• Deep experience in product or application security
• Track record of leading research or threat-focused work that drove clear, company-level outcomes
• Expert knowledge across multiple domains such as secure architecture, application/product security, software supply chain, and org-level risk management
• Ability to present complex ideas to executive stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and with high ownership
• Comfortable in fast-evolving, uncertain contexts

Nice to have

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Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture
• Team meetup opportunities
• Bi-annual destination summits
• Monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs
• Stock options upon hire and promotion
• Participation in secondary offerings
• 10 years to exercise options
• 100% Covered Health Insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible Time Off
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

About the company

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds. Their customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders.