Partner SE Technology Alliances

About the Role

Chainguard's Technology Alliances program partners with CNAPP vendors, cloud providers, CI/CD platforms, artifact repository managers, container and Kubernetes ecosystem vendors, and security and observability tools to make secure-by-default software the path of least resistance for developers. We're looking for a Partner Solutions Engineer (PSE), Technology Alliances to own the technical side of these relationships: architecting integrations, co-engineering joint solutions with partner engineering teams, and turning technology partnerships into products customers can actually deploy together.

This role sits at the intersection of solutions engineering, product, and partner go-to-market — combining hands-on integration work with the relationship-building skills to align two engineering organizations around a shared roadmap.

Our partner engagement model follows the BEPIC framework:

• Belief – Build technical conviction in Chainguard among partner engineering and product teams
• Executive Sponsorship – Align with partner engineering and product leadership
• Propensity to Embed – Architect and ship integrations that embed Chainguard into partner platforms
• Integrated Value Proposition – Deliver joint solutions and reference architectures customers can deploy
• Cadence – Maintain a consistent cadence of technical collaboration and roadmap alignment

What You'll Do

Build, Ship, and Validate Integrations

• Design, scope, and help build technical integrations between Chainguard and technology alliance partners — cloud marketplaces, CI/CD platforms, container registries, IDEs, and security or observability tooling.
• Partner with Chainguard product and engineering teams to prioritize and deliver partner-facing APIs, plugins, and joint tooling.

Architect Joint Solutions

• Design reference architectures and solution patterns that show how Chainguard fits end-to-end into a partner's platform.
• Build demos, sandboxes, and proof-of-concepts that partner and Chainguard sales teams can use to sell the joint story.

Drive Technical Alliance Relationships

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for named technology alliance partners.
• Align with partner engineering and product leadership on roadmap, integration priorities, and technical dependencies, and represent Chainguard in joint architecture reviews.

Enable Partner and Field Teams

• Create technical enablement content — architecture docs, playbooks, workshops — that helps partner SEs and Chainguard field teams position and sell the joint solution.
• Run joint webinars, workshops, and technical briefings.