Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience with technical leadership on production systems at scale
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong backend engineering experience building and operating distributed systems in production
Production experience with Go, including writing, testing, reviewing, and debugging maintainable services
Experience with containers and build or CI systems such as OCI, BuildKit, Buildx, GitHub Actions, or comparable platforms
Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and a major cloud platform
Strong operational mindset covering observability, reliability, incident response, and on-call ownership
Track record of taking features or services from ambiguous problem through production and measurable results
Working knowledge of security boundaries, identity, secrets, and common software supply-chain risks
Strong product mindset with care for developer workflows, including those used by software agents
Clear written and spoken communication skills suited to a remote, async-first environment

Nice to Haves

Experience with Kubernetes
Knowledge of SLSA, in-toto, SBOM, VEX, Sigstore, cosign, provenance, or artifact signing
Experience with sandboxing, microVMs, untrusted workload execution, or multi-tenant infrastructure
Experience building hosted CI runners, remote builders, or developer-platform infrastructure
Experience with agentic development workflows or building systems used programmatically by software agents
Experience evolving legacy production systems while delivering new capabilities

Translate developer, agent, and security challenges into clear requirements, staged technical decisions, and measurable outcomes
Design, build, and operate Go services and APIs powering Docker's build and secure-CI infrastructure
Develop isolation, identity, policy, provenance, attestation, and signing capabilities for trusted build and test jobs
Work with container, OCI, BuildKit, cloud, and isolated-execution technologies to deliver secure and reproducible workflows
Own features from technical design through rollout, observability, incident response, and maintenance
Maintain reliability and reduce operational load of Docker Build Cloud and Auto Builds while evolving capabilities toward a Secure Build platform
Make practical security trade-offs guided by threat modelling without blocking delivery
Design clear developer experiences, including workflows involving software agents
Collaborate across Product, Security, Developer Experience, Registry, and platform teams on end-to-end workflows
Participate in paid on-call rotation and drive improvements from incidents and operational work
Communicate decisions, risks, and progress clearly in a remote, async-first environment

Remote-first by design with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration
Flexible schedule trusting employees to manage their work
Generous PTO, quarterly Whaleness Days, and an end-of-year Whaleness break
Home office support to set up a comfortable and successful workspace
Technology stipend of US$100 net per month
Annual learning and development stipend for conferences, courses, and certifications
16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment
Equity for all full-time employees to share in Docker's long-term success
Comprehensive benefits including medical, retirement, and paid holidays (vary by country)
Docker swag to represent the company culture