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Chainguard
About Chainguard
Chainguard sells hardened builds of the open source software engineers and AI agents depend on (container images, language libraries and VM images), and its postings name Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI and Snowflake among customers. Sales engineers and account executives are grouped into commercial, corporate and enterprise teams by region, with BDRs, customer success managers and partner managers for the Northeast and technology partnerships. Every sales posting is remote: roughly half in the United States (several tied to a metro such as New York, Detroit, Philadelphia or the Bay Area) and the rest in Germany, Singapore, Brazil, India, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia.
Typical pay, live
, SalesJobs.Now shows 40 open Chainguard sales roles; the postings mostly run from $120k to $275k a year, with $143k in the middle.
Chainguard sales openings
Board read 30 Oct 2026, 23:06 UTCEnterprise Sales Engineer - Northeast (shows the role here)
Sales engineering · Remote· 4d agoDetails
$140,000–$165,000/yr OTE- $200,000–$235,000/yr OTE
- $110,000–$130,000/yr
Enterprise Sales Engineer - Philadelphia (shows the role here)
Sales engineering · Remote· 4d agoDetails
$140,000–$165,000/yr OTECustomer Success Manager, Enterprise - Central (shows the role here)
Customer success · Remote· 1w agoDetails
$125,000/yr
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Chainguard as an employer
Venture-backed open source security company whose sales roles are all remote. Posted pay: $120k–$275k/yr, midpoint $143k/yr.
Hiring now, with pay read from the salaries its own postings state40 sales openings at Chainguard, as its own board showed them 30 Oct 2026.
Remote employment at base salary plus variable pay toward the posted OTE; several roles require living in a named metro area.
Remote: United States (with metro requirements such as New York, Detroit, Philadelphia and the Bay Area), Germany, Singapore, Brazil, India, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, France and Sweden.
Pay at Chainguard
From today's postings, 30 Oct 2026Midpoint $143k/yr across 20 openings with posted pay. Posted figures range from $100k/yr to $350k/yr.
Based on 20 distinct posted pay ranges, at this company, every range put on a yearly basis (a rate per hour × 2,080 hours). 20 of the 40 openings here list no pay.
Best-paid Chainguard openings on the board
All 40 of its openings, sorted by pay- $350,000/yr OTE
Senior Enterprise Sales Engineer - Central (shows the role here)
Sales engineering · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$225,000–$275,000/yr OTESenior Enterprise Sales Engineer - Bay Area (shows the role here)
Sales engineering · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$225,000–$275,000/yr OTE- $200,000–$235,000/yr OTE
Staff Customer Success Manager, Majors (Financial Services) (shows the role here)
Customer success · Remote· 3mo agoDetails
$200,000/yr
Typical means from the 25th percentile of the midpoints of posted ranges (each counted as yearly pay, a rate per hour at 2,080 hours) to the 90th percentile of their top ends, the yardstick behind every list on this site. How we source and grade each salary figure.
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Is Chainguard a good company to sell for?
Venture-backed open source security company whose sales roles are all remote.
Is Chainguard still an active employer?
Yes. Venture-backed open source security company whose sales roles are all remote. How its pay is structured: Remote employment at base salary plus variable pay toward the posted OTE; several roles require living in a named metro area.
What does a sales job at Chainguard pay?
On Chainguard's board today, the 20 openings that post pay put the typical band at $120k–$275k/yr and the midpoint at $143k/yr. Posted figures range from $100k/yr up to $350k/yr.
Is selling for Chainguard worth it?
Posted pay at Chainguard: $120k–$275k/yr, midpoint $143k/yr. Security deals suit reps who can steer several stakeholders and a long evaluation through to signature.
How is Chainguard's sales comp put together?
Remote employment at base salary plus variable pay toward the posted OTE; several roles require living in a named metro area.
Where are Chainguard's sales roles based?
Remote: United States (with metro requirements such as New York, Detroit, Philadelphia and the Bay Area), Germany, Singapore, Brazil, India, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, France and Sweden.
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