Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Docker, Inc. is a well-known brand in developer tooling, trusted by millions of users. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of their AI Tools & Security team, focusing on building secure and developer-friendly AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Define the technical solution for a new product
- Help shape the product with peers in Product and Design
- Mentor other technical team members
- Be the technical point of contact for the team
- This role may require participation in an on-call rotation to provide support outside of standard business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed
Skills
- 10+ 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
Benefits
- Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
- Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
- Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
- 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
- Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD 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
- Docker Swag
- Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
- Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris
Company Overview
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