Software Engineer - Secure Container Images

• Kampala
• •
• Uganda
• Contract Type
• Description
• This is a globally remote role
• This role entails
• Build and maintain a growing portfolio of high-quality, hardened container images
• Design and operate automated CI/CD pipelines that build, test, scan, sign, publish, promote, and retire images across environments and architectures
• Write tooling and tests to assess security compliance and cloud-native compatibility
• Work closely with the community and partners to share container expertise and keep our portfolio current with new features, patches, and applications
• Collaborate with our product security, platform, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams
• Contribute technical input to the team's decision-making
• Set the standard for quality, defining image standards that span security, compatibility, performance, size, and developer

Experience

• Grow our knowledge base and write about the work we do
• Work in a collaborative, agile, and globally distributed environment
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to hiring
• Work from home with global travel of up to 15% for internal and external events
• What we are looking for in you
• Proficiency in Bash and Python
• working with CI/CD systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• building container images
• Command of at least one container management or orchestration tool (e.g. Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes)
• Hands-on
• with Linux systems, package management, build systems, release engineering, or artifact pipelines
• Clear communication and end-to-end ownership, spanning design, review, documentation, operation, and cross-team collaboration
• A commitment to sharing knowledge and helping those around you grow
• A genuine appetite for learning and for working outside your comfort zone
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, a STEM field, or a similar discipline
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Business level written and spoken English.
• Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission.
• International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long.
• 0-7 years relevant experience.
• Nice-to-have skills
• A security-oriented maintenance mindset: you can investigate dependency and vulnerability findings, assess their impact, and deliver a safe fix
• An understanding of software supply chain security, with some
• generating and consuming artifacts such as SBOMs, signatures, provenance, or CVE reports
• Familiarity with GitOps principles and workflows
• Familiarity with additional languages such as Go or Rust
• Hands-on
• building minimal and distroless container images
• Knowledge of the OCI specifications
• Familiarity with security or compliance frameworks such as CIS, NIST, FedRAMP, or DISA STIG
• Evidence of contributions to open source projects
• A passion for embedding security across all stages of the engineering lifecycle (DevSecOps), and an interest in using AI or agentic development responsibly and safely
• Relevant Linux, container, or cloud-native certifications (such as CKS or DCA) are welcome
• If your
• is close but does not match every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We value transferable
• from Linux packaging, release engineering, build systems, platform engineering, and open-source maintenance.
• Tags
• Information technology, software development, data
• Computers, software development and services
• Entry and Basic-level
• Uganda
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