Senior Principal Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

About Docker

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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The Opportunity

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 through pipelines nobody is watching. The industry calls this the software supply chain, and it has become one of the most consequential unsolved problems in software engineering.

This role sits in Docker and Ecosystems, the group that owns Docker’s most well known products and our emerging content and SDLC business. You will own the technical strategy for secure software delivery across all of it, defining what verifiable, tamper-resistant software delivery looks like at Docker's scale, then driving the architecture that makes it real for every developer and every enterprise customer using our products.

You will set multi-year technical direction, make architectural decisions that shape Docker's product portfolio, and work directly with the SVP of Engineering and executive team on strategy. You will not manage people. You will change what the industry considers table stakes.

What You'll Do

• Technical Vision and Strategy
• Lead multi-year technical vision for build security and supply chain across Docker Desktop, Hub, Hardened Images, Verified Publishing, and monetization platforms.
• Define and sequence "trusted by default" architecture for 20M developers.
• Partner with the SVP of Engineering to convert commercial strategy into multi-year technical roadmaps.
• Establish company-wide architectural principles and security standards.
• Identify high-leverage platform investments that enhance security across all Docker products.
• Proactively position architecture ahead of evolving supply chain threats and regulatory demands.

United States:

• $219K – $352K + equity
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• Posting Information

Open vacancy:

This posting is for an existing open role.

AI in hiring:

Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.

Interview recordings:

Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.

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Remote-first by design

– Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.

Flexibility that fits your life

– We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.

Time to recharge

– Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.

Home office support

– Set up your workspace for comfort and success.

Technology stipend

– Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.

Learning & development

– Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.

Parental leave

– 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.

Equity for all full-time employees

– Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.

Comprehensive benefits

– Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.

Docker swag

– Because representing the whale never gets old.