Docker - Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools and Security (US West Coast)
Requirements
• 12+ years of backend engineering experience, including extensive work on production-grade, distributed systems at scale. • Technical leadership across multiple teams or domains, with a proven ability to drive architectural vision, set technical direction, and influence long-term product strategy. • Exceptional product and platform mindset—you think beyond implementation details to how technology shapes developer and business outcomes. • Expertise in designing and evolving large-scale, cloud-native systems, with deep knowledge of distributed computing, service-oriented architecture, and performance optimization. • Demonstrated experience building secure, resilient, and high-throughput backend services, with a strong grasp of reliability engineering principles (SLOs, observability, incident response). • Fluency in Go (preferred) or another modern systems language (Rust, Java, C++, etc.), with the ability to lead technical design reviews and mentor others in language-specific best practices. • Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals—CI/CD, testing strategy, source control, and deployment automation—applied in complex, multi-service environments. • Proven track record of technical mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, enabling teams to deliver high-impact, high-quality software efficiently. • Deep experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tooling. • Ownership mentality with a bias for action and iterative delivery, balancing short-term impact with long-term architectural health. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Comfortable operating autonomously in distributed, remote-first teams, and leading through influence rather than authority. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architecture • Prior experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar LLM APIs, and the MCP specification • Meet team members • Build context about the problem space and prior art • Provide feedback on current exploration and propose next steps in line with Product and Design • Work with Product and Design on defining the product • Attend customer calls • Meet people across the company • Help grow the team by participating in hiring loops • One Year Outlook (First Year): • Bring the product to market • Docker considers sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.
Responsibilities
• Lead the technical direction of the Gateway and related services. • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Security teams to deliver frameworks and APIs that developers love to use. • Become a mentor for other technical team members. • Act as the primary technical contact person within their own team or across multiple teams/domains if applicable (implied by "ownership mentality").
Benefits
• Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break • 16 weeks of paid Parental leave • Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month • PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy • Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes • Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company • Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country • Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris • Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be. • Due to the remote nature of this role, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
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