Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services)

United States - RemoteRemotePosted 9 weeks ago

Role Overview

Chainguard is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services). This is a full-time remote role, with the team based in United States - Remote. Part of Chainguard's Lifecycle hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

Salary Context

Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Senior-level Lifecycle roles is $145k-$190k (based on 135 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.

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Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell:

As a Solutions Architect, you will be part of the Professional Services team within Customer Success, working in direct partnership with our customers. In this role, you will lead implementations and empower customers to use Chainguard in order to build secure software. You will embody our company value, “We are customer obsessed” by ensuring the customers are our top priority in the implementation and onboarding lifecycle. As the closest technical team member in contact with our customers, you not only are the “face of Chainguard” to our end users, you will have an opportunity to directly collaborate and innovate with the product and engineering team to ensure we are supporting and continuing to build solutions that our customers love.

What you’ll do:

Lead technical implementations and drive adoption of Chainguard images, helping customers build securely with open source software across their organization
Partner with the account team (AEs, SEs, CSMs, and Support) to understand customer vision, pain points, and proposed solution in order to drive account level strategies, value realization, and retention/growth
Ensure Chainguard Images are of highest quality - acting as “customer zero” - testing, documenting, and ensuring a smooth customer onboarding experience
Partner with our Product and Engineering teams to convey customer requirements and determine the right prioritization for image build
Maintain appropriate account level architecture and share best practices and lessons learned across the organization
Be a team player - collaborate, teach, and learn from the Chainguard team

What we're looking for:

Minimum 4+ years experience in a post-sales role supporting clients
8+ years of experience developing high performance multi-tier applications. Strong experience in Kubernetes and Containers
Ability to communicate technical information in highly technical and non-technical ways depending on the audience, which includes various personas, such as engineers to executives
Continuous learner who has a strong intellectual drive for excellence and the desire to develop solutions to complex problems
At least a Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology
Strong working experience with software development processes, practices, and software engineering design concepts
Ability to work effectively with cross functional engineering teams and business partners
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
Located in the Eastern Time Zone

Compensation: up to $195,000 base salary + bonus + equity

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. Chainguard is on a mission to build the best team. To achieve our goal, we are focused on hiring Chainguardians with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

About Us

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:

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I apply for the Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services) position at Chainguard?

Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Chainguard. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.

Is the Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services) role at Chainguard remote?

Yes. This is a remote role. The team is based in United States - Remote, but the position itself does not require relocating to that office.

What does a Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services) at Chainguard earn?

Chainguard has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.

When was the Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services) role at Chainguard posted?

This role was posted on May 5, 2026 (68 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

How much experience does the Senior Solutions Architect - East (Professional Services) role at Chainguard require?

This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Chainguard lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.

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