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Senior Principal Software Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

Docker · Seattle, WA · Remote

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About Docker

Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software. Backed by Greylock, Insight and Lightspeed.

About the role

Take part in on-call rotation for your team, respond to incidents, debug production issues, and drive continuous improvement of system reliability External recognition as a technical leader through conference speaking, publications, or open source contributions

What they're looking for

  • Experience building products that serve enterprise customers with complex security and compliance requirements
  • Knowledge of enterprise security requirements and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and their architectural implications
  • Understanding of how enterprise security teams evaluate, procure, and operate tooling
More about this role

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 seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to serve as the technical visionary and architect for how software gets built, verified, and trusted.

Every day, millions of developers pull images, install dependencies, and ship builds to production. Each of those steps is a place where something can go wrong, or be made to go wrong. Compromised base images, malicious packages, tampered build steps, unsigned artifacts moving...

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