Principal Product Security Researcher

Lead product security research at Chainguard across the United States, Canada, or United Kingdom, focusing on emerging threats and software supply chains.

As Principal Product Security Researcher, you will own research across Chainguard’s product portfolio. You will translate threat intelligence into strategy, roadmap decisions, and pragmatic defenses. The work spans product security, application security, secure architecture, software supply chains, and organizational risk management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own Chainguard’s product security research agenda
• Research emerging software supply chain and product security threats
• Shape product roadmaps, architecture decisions, and long-term security plans
• Develop mitigations across people, process, and technology
• Represent Chainguard through talks, conferences, and thought leadership

Requirements:

• Deep product or application security experience
• Track record leading research or threat-focused work
• Expertise across secure architecture and software supply chains
• Ability to influence executives and senior engineering leaders
• Comfort owning ambiguous, cross-functional security problems

Apply product security research, threat analysis, and strategic leadership to help Chainguard anticipate risks and protect customers.