Staff Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)

Docker
San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 170,350 - 275,550 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Problem-solving","Debugging","Communication","Collaboration"]

Set the technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker’s Sandboxes platform, shaping architectural decisions that impact Docker’s broader product portfolio, including AI and security initiatives. Design and operate core networking services across local and public-cloud environments, build scalable microVM networking infrastructure, and develop high-performance control/data-plane components. Ensure reliability, observability, and performance while providing technical leadership to a small engineering team.

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Staff Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)

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Job Summary

Set the technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker’s Sandboxes platform, shaping architectural decisions that impact Docker’s broader product portfolio, including AI and security initiatives. Design and operate core networking services across local and public-cloud environments, build scalable microVM networking infrastructure, and develop high-performance control/data-plane components. Ensure reliability, observability, and performance while providing technical leadership to a small engineering team.
Location: San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and operate core networking services powering Docker’s Sandboxes across local and public cloud environments
  • •Build scalable networking infrastructure for microVM orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management
  • •Develop high-performance networking data- and control-plane components for multi-tenant agentic workloads
  • •Ensure network reliability, observability, and performance across the Sandbox infrastructure
  • •Provide technical leadership to a small team, collaborating across product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused capabilities

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 170,350 - 275,550 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Parental LeaveHome OfficeTraining StipendTechnology StipendMedical BenefitsRetirement

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years building and leading large-scale cloud or distributed systems with a focus on networking foundations
  • •Experience driving technical consensus and delivering high-quality infrastructure software at scale on tight timelines
  • •Experience with microservices architecture, container networking, service mesh, policy enforcement, and container orchestration
  • •Experience with kernel and user-space networking technologies including Linux networking, OVS/OVN, DPDK, and eBPF
  • •Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) plus CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling
Experience:8+ yearsCloudDistributed systemsContainer networkingService meshMicroservices
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipProblem-solvingDebuggingCommunicationCollaboration
Tech Stack:Docker DesktopDocker HubDocker ScoutSandboxesMicroVM orchestrationService meshLinux networkingOVS/OVNDPDKEBPFAWSAzureGCPOCICI/CDMonitoringInfrastructure-as-codeMicroservices architectureContainer networkingPolicy enforcement

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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