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Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience, including extensive work on production-grade, distributed systems at scale.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to set multi-quarter technical roadmaps and align stakeholders (engineering, product, and executives) on strategy and tradeoffs.
• Deep expertise in the container and Kubernetes ecosystem: you have strong, grounded opinions about cert-manager, kyverno, grafana, istio, and similar projects, and you can reason about tradeoffs at the ecosystem level, not just the image level.
• Mastery of container supply chain security concepts (provenance, attestation, SBOM, signing, SLSA) and experience driving posture decisions across an organization rather than implementing them on a single project.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: code review, testing, source control, CI/CD, and Go sufficient to shape infrastructure and harness design.
• Track record of technical influence without authority across multiple teams or organizations, raising quality through design docs, standards, review, and mentorship.
• Experience navigating upstream OSS communities as a decision-maker, representing a downstream organization's requirements and shaping upstream direction on security-relevant issues.
• Comfort working across remote, distributed teams and communicating complex technical strategy clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Bonus but not required

• Experience as a package maintainer at a Linux distribution, Homebrew, or comparable ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience implementing or operationalizing supply chain tooling (Sigstore, SBOM, SLSA) at org scale.
• Experience in regulated environments (FedRAMP, FIPS, PCI) with direct exposure to compliance requirements shaping engineering decisions.
• Prior Principal or Distinguished IC experience on a platform, security, or developer-tools team.
• Experience engaging directly with enterprise customers on container security architecture.

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What to Expect

First 30 Days

• Align with leadership on the most critical org-wide technical risks and opportunities in container supply chain security.
• Develop a point of view on DHI's current architectural constraints and where the highest-leverage interventions are.
• Begin mapping the cross-functional landscape: product priorities, upstream pressures, customer compliance signals, and engineering gaps.

First 90 Days

• Drive an architectural decision that unblocks multiple teams and reduces systemic risk across the catalogue.
• Establish a feedback loop from customer, operational, and upstream signals into the multi-quarter roadmap.
• Engage upstream OSS communities on at least one DHI-relevant issue with meaningful influence on direction.

First Year

• Deliver a major platform or standards evolution with broad adoption across DHI and adjacent teams.
• Create durable alignment across engineering, product, and security on catalogue architecture, supply chain posture, and hardening strategy.
• Raise the technical ceiling for the engineers around you, measurably improving review quality, architectural consistency, and the team's ability to operate independently at a higher level.

Visa sponsorship: Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.

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Compensation & Equity

All full-time roles include equity. Final compensation is determined on factors including but not limited to experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Canada: CA$245,913 – CA$397,139 base

United States: $180,500 – $291,500 base

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Posting Information

• Open vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role.
• AI in hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.
• Interview recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.

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Perks & Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.
• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
• Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.
• Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
• Docker swag – Because representing the whale never gets old.

Docker is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe diverse teams build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our global community.

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