Senior Principal Software Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

Docker
Seattle
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead Docker’s Bridge platform architecture and multi-year technical strategy, shaping accounts, billing, data, and governance across products. You’ll drive cross-company programs, define scalable platform vision, and enable rapid enterprise features while aligning with Docker’s commercial models and growth goals.

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Docker
Docker
8 months ago

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

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Job Summary

Lead Docker’s Bridge platform architecture and multi-year technical strategy, shaping accounts, billing, data, and governance across products. You’ll drive cross-company programs, define scalable platform vision, and enable rapid enterprise features while aligning with Docker’s commercial models and growth goals.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and own the multi-year technical vision for Docker's foundational platform, encompassing accounts, billing, data, enterprise governance, and infrastructure
  • •Lead large cross-company programs that require coordination across Desktop, Hub, AI, Security, Cloud, and Platform teams
  • •Architect the Billing Control Plane that enables Docker to launch new product SKUs in weeks instead of months
  • •Design the metadata-driven identity platform that serves as the single source of truth for authentication, authorization, and access control across all Docker products
  • •Architect the Unified Internal Access Control Endpoint that abstracts entitlements, permissions, settings, policies, and feature flags into a single source of truth for all product teams

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Remote WorkEquityParential LeaveHome OfficeTraining StipendHealth InsurancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise across multiple platform domains (identity, billing, data, infrastructure).
  • •Proven track record architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users and thousands of enterprise customers.
  • •Deep expertise in at least two of: identity/access management systems, billing/monetization platforms, data platforms, or cloud infrastructure.
  • •Broad working knowledge across all platform domains with ability to make sound architectural decisions spanning multiple areas.
  • •Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern infrastructure patterns (Kubernetes, service mesh, infrastructure-as-code).
Experience:15+ yearsEnterprise softwareSaaSCloud infrastructure
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSGCPAzureKubernetesService meshInfrastructure-as-codeOIDCSAMLSCIMData streamingData warehousingAIDocker

Company Brief

Docker
Docker builds developer tools and a collaborative platform for building, sharing and running containerized applications, including Docker Desktop and Docker Hub, to simplify container workflows from code to cloud.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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