> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Senior Solutions Architect - PubSec (Professional Services) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64df61d4f8449255 Chainguard posts a senior FDE role to integrate and configure the product in US, at Up to $195,000 base. Lead technical implementations and drive adoption of Chainguard images for Public Sector customers. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Chainguard](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chainguard) Posted Aug 27, 2026 by Chainguard · open on Greenhouse as of Nov 8, 2026 **Up to $195,000** *annualized* + equity US Remote Full-time Lead technical implementations and drive adoption of Chainguard images for Public Sector customers. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F64df61d4f8449255&placement=top) - [View posting at Chainguard](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4708949006) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Up to $195,000 Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 15%** - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **4+ years** post-sales role supporting clients in the Public Sector - **8+ years** developing high-performance multi-tier applications Background - **Solutions and customer engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 4+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: US - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 15% - **Pay**: ## More like this [Sardine](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sardine) ### [Solutions Architect, Integrations - Public Sector (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6bc7786db611ea4) US Remote 10d ago $125,000–$210,000 [Harness](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/harness) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - DevOps/SRE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fc4579e90ae3cd39) US Remote 3w ago $180,000–$202,000 [Second Front Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/second-front-systems) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/609b26f4efa3e7fe) US Remote 4mo ago $160,000–$200,000 ## The job description from Chainguard Posted by Chainguard on Aug 27, 2026 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 Senior Solutions Architect, you will be part of the Professional Services team within Customer Success, working in direct partnership with our Public Sector 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 also directly collaborate and innovate with the Product and Engineering teams 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 Public Sector 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 - 4+ years of experience in a post-sales role supporting clients in the Public Sector. - 8+ years of experience developing high-performance multi-tier applications. - Strong experience in Kubernetes, Containers, and modern software security practices. - Experience with compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or CMMC - Ability to communicate technical concepts to different audiences, from engineers to executives. - Continuous learner who has a strong intellectual drive for excellence and the desire to develop solutions to complex problems - Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or 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 - Willingness to travel up to 15% for customer engagements - Due to the nature of the work performed, U.S. citizenship is required. **Compensation:** up to $195,000 base salary + bonus + equity ### 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. ©2026 Chainguard. All Rights Reserved. [View posting at Chainguard](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4708949006) ## About Chainguard Builds secure-by-default open-source containers, libraries, packages, VMs, and CI/CD artifacts from source so enterprises can ship faster with fewer CVEs and stronger provenance. 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