Remote
US
$186K–$219K
💻Engineering
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Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.
We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.
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Docker is shipping a wave of new products this year, and we’re investing heavily in the platform underneath all of it. That platform supports hundreds of engineers and carries high-scale production traffic every day — and it has grown faster than its foundations. This year is about closing that gap.
Right now, too much of that work leans on a handful of experts unblocking the same provisioning and operational workflows by hand. The top priority for this role is turning that into paved roads: self-service systems with clear ownership, safe defaults, strong guardrails, and adoption we can measure — a platform teams trust enough to stop thinking about, so they can focus on their products instead of ours.
The concrete goal is on this year’s roadmap: spinning up a new region or application environment should take hours, not days. Getting there means building real multi-region, cross-account networking and a continuous-deployment flow teams can trust, then a self-service layer on top. We’re the container company building our own internal platform, so the bar for the easy path also being the safe path is high.
You’d join a team of four, growing to seven this year — this is one of those hires. We’re looking for a senior engineer who can own significant parts of this platform end to end, drive projects to real production adoption, and raise how the whole team builds.
This is a senior, deeply hands-on role. You’ll own significant components, drive projects from design through production adoption, and shape the platform’s technical direction while helping teammates grow. Concretely, you will:
We measure this work by outcomes the consuming teams feel: how fast they can provision and ship, how much they can do without us, and how reliably it all runs.
We’re investing in AI-assisted and agentic workflows to cut operational toil, and we care that they stay safe, auditable, and human-reviewed. You’ll help shape where they earn their place and where they don’t. Early targets:
If you’ve built operational automation and have a healthy skepticism about where automation belongs, this is a place to put both to work.
Operational ownership is part of the job. You’ll join the rotation after onboarding and shadowing, and help improve on-call itself: better alerts, stronger runbooks, less toil, and blameless postmortems aimed at prevention.
Nice to have: EKS and ingress/CNI/service-mesh experience; observability with OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana; CI/CD and progressive delivery (GitHub Actions, Argo CD, canaries); driving migrations or adoption programs across teams.
You don’t need every item here. We value strong systems judgment, real depth in at least one area, and curiosity across the rest.
United States: $160,900 – $260,700 + equity
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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.
USD 160,900 - 260,700
Annually
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Mental Health Benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Program
401(k) / Retirement Plan
Equity / RSUs
Financial Planning
Unlimited PTO
Paid Holidays
Company Shutdown Days
Sick Days
Home Office Stipend
Internet Stipend
Coworking Allowance
Parental Leave
Learning & Development Budget
Conference Attendance
Defined Career Pathways
Team Events & Social Budget
Employee Resource Groups
Entrepreneurship Encouraged
Docker is a fully remote company, so most work happens from home rather than an office. Openings are still region-anchored: current roles are based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the wider EMEA region, so check the specific posting for its eligible country. Docker also keeps optional office hubs in Paris and Seattle for anyone who wants occasional in-person collaboration.
Remote-first is built into how Docker operates, not a temporary policy. Communication is Slack and Zoom first, schedules are flexible, and teams lean on async workflows to collaborate across time zones. To help people recharge rather than burn out, Docker gives quarterly company-wide "Whaleness Days," alongside virtual social events, team bonding, and a recurring "Lunch Roulette."
Health coverage is a highlight, with company-paid medical premiums plus dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k), parental leave, and equity as RSUs. Time off is generous, including unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and company shutdown days. For remote work specifically, Docker provides a home-office setup budget, a monthly technology and internet stipend, and a learning and development allowance for training.
Docker does not publish standardized salary bands publicly, so the exact range for a role is confirmed with your recruiter during the process. Offers reflect the role, its level, and your location, and total compensation pairs base salary with equity as RSUs and the benefits package above.
Docker runs on five virtues: Developer Obsession, Humble Confidence, Bias for Considered Action, Open Collaboration, and Outcome Driven. The culture emphasizes autonomy, transparency, and real impact, so people who are self-directed, developer-empathetic, and comfortable owning outcomes in an async setting tend to do well. Docker also supports employee resource groups spanning Underrepresented Genders, DEIB, Mental Health, Caregivers, and Neurodivergent communities.
Docker emphasizes inclusive hiring and a well-supported onboarding, and new hires describe a smooth start with a dedicated onboarding team, a home-office budget from day one, and training allowances. One important safety note from Docker: the company only contacts applicants from official @docker.com email addresses. Messages from lookalike domains such as @dockercareers.com are fraudulent, so never share personal information with them.
Bereavement Leave
Flexible Schedule
Company Equipment
Company Offsites / Retreats
