Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

8+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated technical leadership on production systems at scale.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Deep experience designing, building and operating production backend or platform systems.

Strong programming ability in at least one production language, with evidence of becoming effective in unfamiliar languages and codebases.

Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, relational or distributed databases and cloud-native infrastructure.

A track record of leading complex initiatives that crossed team or organisational boundaries.

Strong technical and product judgement, including the ability to explain constraints, alternatives, customer outcomes and business trade-offs.

Evidence of influencing without authority and improving the effectiveness of other experienced engineers.

An operational mindset that treats observability, resilience, incident response and on-call ownership as part of engineering.

Comfort using AI-assisted engineering tools critically while retaining ownership of the result.

Clear written and spoken communication suited to a remote, async-first company.

Production experience with Go, Clojure or both.

Experience with Spanner, Datomic, Kafka or other distributed data and streaming platforms.

Experience with build systems, containers, artefact workflows or developer tooling.

Experience evolving a platform, database or language strategy without disrupting product delivery.

Experience building security or software supply-chain products.

Build context on Developer Experience products, customers, architecture and current priorities.

Pair across Clojure, Go, Datomic and Spanner-backed systems and ship a useful production change.

Understand the operational profile of the team's services, including on-call and recurring failure modes.

Build working relationships with Product, Design, Security and adjacent engineering teams.

Learn the team's AI-assisted engineering practices and identify where shared controls or workflows would improve them.

Lead the technical framing and delivery plan for one significant team or cross-team problem.

Contribute production code in the parts of the stack needed to move that work forward.

Identify and begin addressing a material reliability, observability, data or architectural weakness.

Establish a mentoring and design-review cadence that helps other engineers own larger decisions.

Be a trusted technical leader for Developer Experience and a sought-after partner across Docker.

Deliver at least one material product or platform outcome spanning multiple teams or systems.

Improve the reliability, clarity and delivery speed of the backend and data estate.

Shape pragmatic evolution across Clojure, Go, Datomic, Spanner and future technologies without turning technology choice into the goal.

Grow other senior engineers into broader ownership and reduce the number of decisions that depend on a small set of people.

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

Compensation & Equity

EU: €110,500 – €181,500+ equity

United States: $170,350 – $275,550 + equity

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.

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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