# Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools at Docker

- Company: Docker
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.docker.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $161K to $261K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-14
- Apply by: 2026-11-28
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/docker/48ef7134-5d54-4662-b8d3-a70b55eb9a58?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/docker-senior-software-engineer-ai-developer-tools/

## About the role

You are a strong, hands-on engineer who enjoys building at the intersection of AI, developer experience, and platform engineering. You have built software on top of LLMs and AI agents and have a good sense of what works in practice. You care about the people using your tools, and you can tell a tool developers love from one they put up with. You take a feature from a vague request to production: you ask the right questions about requirements, design it sensibly, ship it iteratively, and operate it afterward. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications, AI agents, or AI-assisted developer tools
- Working knowledge of LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, and others), prompt engineering, agent orchestration frameworks, and practical uses of AI in software development workflows
- Experience building and operating scalable backend services, distributed systems, or developer-facing platforms
- Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, including Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems
- Proficiency in Go (preferred), Rust, Java, or Python, with strong software engineering fundamentals

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/docker-senior-software-engineer-ai-developer-tools/