3 months ago
Base Salary
$170k - $276k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate core services for Docker’s Cloud Sandboxes platform
- Build scalable systems for microVM orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management
- Develop high-performance APIs and control-plane components for multi-tenant workloads
- Ensure reliability, observability, and performance across Cloud Sandbox infrastructure
- Collaborate with product, platform, and security teams on customer-focused capabilities
- Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and design documentation
- Contribute to automation and deployment-pipeline improvements
- Debug and resolve production issues across distributed cloud systems
- Participate in on-call rotations, respond to incidents, and improve system reliability
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend software engineering experience building large-scale cloud or distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Go and/or Java
- Deep understanding of container orchestration, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture
- Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and observable production systems
- Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP and related scalability patterns
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience contributing to cloud-scale compute platforms or container infrastructure products is preferred
- Knowledge of service mesh, networking, or policy enforcement systems is preferred
- Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Grafana is preferred
- Familiarity with security best practices for multi-tenant cloud systems is preferred
- Prior experience in developer infrastructure, cloud platforms, or hyperscale environments is preferred
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with offices in Seattle and Paris
- Flexible work culture
- Quarterly Whaleness Days and an end-of-year Whaleness break
- Home office setup
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave after 6 months of employment
- $100 USD net/month technology stipend
- PTO plan
- Training stipend for conferences, courses, and classes
- Equity
- Medical benefits, retirement, and holidays varying by country
- Docker swag
Tech Stack
About Docker
Docker builds developer tools for building, sharing, and running containerized applications, including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, Docker Scout, and the open-source Docker Engine. It monetizes through paid subscriptions for individuals, teams, and enterprises, along with security offerings such as Docker Hardened Images. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company serves over 20 million monthly users and supports more than 20 billion container image pulls.