Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

Join Docker's Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) team as a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the core systems powering our cloud platform. This is an exciting opportunity to create scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure that empowers developers to deploy and manage containerized workloads with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate core services for Docker’s CaaS platform.
• Build scalable systems for container orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management.
• Develop high-performance APIs and control plane components for managing multi-tenant workloads.
• Ensure system reliability, observability, and performance across Docker’s CaaS infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused capabilities.
• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and design documents.
• Contribute to automation and CI/CD improvements across the deployment pipeline.
• Debug and resolve production issues across distributed systems in cloud environments.

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience building large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go and/or Java.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and observable production systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and related scalability patterns.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in distributed environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across remote, cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience contributing to or building platform-as-a-service (PaaS) or container infrastructure products.
• Knowledge of service mesh, networking, or policy enforcement systems.
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, etc.).
• Familiarity with security best practices for multi-tenant cloud systems.
• Prior experience in developer infrastructure, cloud platforms, or hyperscale environments.