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stacklok is a series A round startup in the supply chain security space, co-founded by the founders of kubernetes and sigstore.
Currently seeking mostly engineering roles. front end (react) and backend (go / gprc).
This is full time remote, but only hiring from EMEA to the East Coast of the US.
The Root CA is generated by the sigstore community (five folks, two from academia). Right now github exchanges an OIDC token for a sigstore root chained cert.
GitLab are currently adding themselves, to have the same capability (several other providers are there as well).
That's because you have OSA (obstructive sleep apnea). I (OP) have central sleep apnea, there is no obstruction, its related to the nervous system. I am already very lean (I run ultra marathons as a hobby).
There were no coding challenges, personality assessments etc. I just spoke with engineers and once with the hiring manager. They would start off with a simple question of 'what have you been working on recently', to then start to delve deeper, asking more questions 'why did you choose that approach?', but it was also two way, if I had experience in something they were interested in, they would genuinely ask more to learn themselves. There was no poker face play going on. I ended up really enjoying it as it was engineers chatting tech. In hindsight though it was a smart move. The people who interviewed me were bright folks and would have spotted any BS a mile off. Also by making me feel relaxed and letting my guard down, they got to see if I was the right cultural fit for the company.
You would need to know the index, or you could just iterate over a range
My main duties are that I lead a team of 7 engineers and we all work on open source security projects.
My day is a mix of half coding / half meetings. I am UK based, so my mornings are nice and free (while the US sleeps) and then around 2pm I have a large chunk of meetings. The meetings are mostly with my team, senior management, and open source community meetings.
For me being a Principal is a much more than just coding prowess. You also need good 'soft skills'. You need to mentor engineers and think about their growth. Make sure they are challenged enough to grow, but not so much that they end up stressed and out of kilt. You need to be able to communicate with not just other software engineers, but also product managers, directly with customers and many other verticals within a business.