Chainguard salary data
Chainguard publishes pay ranges on 64 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$171k
Median midpoint
$85k
Lowest published
$275k
Highest published
64
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Chainguard
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 20 | $121k | $258k |
| Security Engineer | 6 | $105k | $231k |
| Account Executive | 5 | $85k | $125k |
| Solutions Engineer | 3 | $157k | $275k |
| Marketing Manager | 3 | $111k | $248k |
| Manager | 3 | $174k | $205k |
| Product Manager | 3 | $205k | $231k |
| Legal | 2 | $200k | $260k |
| Recruiter | 2 | $145k | $165k |
| Engineer | 2 | $140k | $231k |
| Finance | 2 | $106k | $195k |
| Analyst | 2 | $85k | $130k |
| Director & Head of | 2 | $128k | $240k |
| Operations | 2 | $140k | $240k |
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Chainguard's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today.
Roles with published pay
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Technical Support Engineer new | United States - Remote | Customer Support | $120k – $137k |
| Staff Product Marketing Manager | United States - Remote | Product Marketing | $183k – $248k |
| Software Engineer (Repositories) | Canada - Remote | R&D Engineering | $170k – $231k |
| Software Engineer (Repositories) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $121k – $142k |
| Corporate Account Executive - West | United States - Remote | Sales | $125k – $125k |
| Senior Security Engineer (Infrastructure) | United States - Remote | Information Security | $137k – $160k |
| Senior Software Engineer (Repository) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Staff Platform Database Engineer | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $205k – $231k |
| Senior Manager, Engineering (Container Product Engineering) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $229k – $258k |
| Staff Software Engineer (Malware Detection) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $170k – $231k |
| Director of Total Rewards | United States - Remote | People Ops | $204k – $240k |
| Director of People Operations | United States - Remote | People Ops | $204k – $240k |
| Senior Software Engineer (Athena) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Senior Product Manager (AI CICD) | United States - Remote | Product Management | $205k – $231k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $205k – $231k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Sustaining Automation | Canada - Remote; United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Senior Analytics Engineer | United States - Remote | IT & Biz Ops | $140k – $165k |
| Finance Systems Administrator | United States - Remote | IT & Biz Ops | $106k – $125k |
| Deal Desk Analyst | United States - Remote | Finance | $85k – $100k |
| Senior Technical Program Manager | United States - Remote | Product Management | $169k – $198k |
| Senior Security Analyst (Governance and Trust) | United States - Remote | Information Security | $110k – $130k |
| Staff Vulnerability Management Engineer | United States - Remote | Product Security | $170k – $231k |
| Enterprise Sales Engineer - Central | United States - Remote | Sales Engineering | $200k – $225k |
| Senior Enterprise Sales Engineer - Bay Area | United States - Remote | Sales Engineering | $225k – $275k |
| Senior Software Engineer (AI CICD) | Europe - Remote; United Kingdom - Remote; United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Sr. Field Marketing Manager - NY Metro | United States - Remote | Demand Generation | $161k – $190k |
| Senior Product Security Engineer | United States - Remote | Product Security | $157k – $184k |
| Staff Software Engineer (Guarded Containers) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $205k – $231k |
| Senior Software Engineer (Customer Platform) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
| Senior Software Engineer (Containers) | United States - Remote | R&D Engineering | $157k – $184k |
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