Principal Product Security Researcher - Remote

About the Role

As a Principal Product Security Researcher at Chainguard, you'll lead our product security research function end-to-end. This role is pivotal in ensuring that our customers can build faster and stay compliant while eliminating risks. The Principal Product Security Researcher position is a unique opportunity to shape the future of security in the software supply chain and product security landscape.

What You'll Do

• Conduct in-depth research on emerging threats and trends in software supply chain and product security, analyzing their impact on Chainguard’s products and customers.
• Design creative mitigations across people, process, and technology, ensuring that pragmatic defenses are adopted.
• Lead large-scale, multi-quarter initiatives that materially reduce risk or improve security maturity across multiple product lines.
• Partner with executive and senior engineering leadership to drive organization-level security strategy and influence key roadmap decisions.
• Identify systematic weaknesses in systems and develop plans that address root causes effectively.
• Mentor and elevate others across Product Security and Engineering, fostering strategic thinking about threats and risk.
• Represent Chainguard externally through talks, conferences, and thought leadership, sharing insights and moving the industry forward.

Requirements

• Deep experience in product or application security, with a proven track record of leading research or threat-focused work that drove company-level outcomes.
• Expert knowledge across domains such as secure architecture, application security, and risk management.
• Ability to own ambiguous, cross-functional problems and turn them into structured initiatives.
• Proven ability to present complex ideas to executive stakeholders and drive decision-making.
• Stay at the cutting edge of industry trends, applying the latest research methods pragmatically.
• Work independently with high ownership while being a collaborative team player.

Nice to Have

• Experience in mentoring and developing teams in security practices.
• Familiarity with AI applications in security research.

What We Offer

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces.
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover all health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: Generous leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
• Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.