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$130,680–$213,840/yr
Global

  • Embed with customer engineering teams to design, build, and ship production solutions using Docker products and custom integrations.
  • Own the technical journey from discovery and architecture through prototyping, implementation, and production rollout.
  • Partner with Solutions Architects, Product, and Engineering to turn field learnings into reusable patterns and influence the roadmap.

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$160,900–$260,700/yr
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  • Design, build, and operate production AI agents for developer productivity, from code review to incident response.
  • Build self-service platform infrastructure enabling teams to prototype, deploy, and scale their own AI developer tools.
  • Integrate LLM providers, agent orchestration frameworks, and MCP servers into reliable, loved developer tools.

Docker is a developer tooling company trusted by over 20 million monthly users for building, sharing, and running applications. We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building AI-powered tools that shape how software gets built and delivered.

$205,000–$231,000/yr
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  • Architect and deliver major features for Chainguard Containers from concept to production.
  • Stay hands-on writing code and lead small sub-teams of engineers.
  • Work across teams and with AI agents to build secure container infrastructure.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. It is a venture-backed company with Fortune 500 customers and a remote-first culture.

US

  • Deliver top-tier customer support and become an expert in Docker technologies, resolving complex platform-level issues.
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  • Create best-in-class help content, participate in on-call rotations, and leverage AI tools responsibly.

ServiceRocket is a global tech-enabled services company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, focused on accelerating growth through technology solutions and strategic partnerships. With over 20 years of experience, it fosters an inclusive, fun-loving culture and holds a 4.7 Glassdoor rating.

$170,350–$275,550/yr
US 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Design and build core systems for Docker's enterprise agentic platform using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Own production reliability from on-call to SLOs and incident response.
  • Set technical direction and mentor engineers while driving security, identity, and network boundaries.

Docker builds developer tools trusted by over 20 million monthly users and billions of container pulls. It is a globally distributed, remote-first team with a culture of trust, flexibility, and engineering excellence.

$170,350–$275,550/yr
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  • Set technical direction and own architecture for AI-powered developer tools and the self-service platform.
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  • Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and drive cross-team technical delivery across Docker.

Docker provides developer tools for building, sharing, and running applications, trusted by over 20 million monthly users. They are a globally distributed, remote-first team focused on AI-native software development and platform engineering.

$229,500–$260,000/yr
Global

  • Own the technical direction for NodeZero container image build, signing, scanning, and OTA delivery.
  • Design and operate CI/CD pipelines, image hardening, and release engineering standards at scale.
  • Mentor engineers and drive architecture decisions across team boundaries for secure product delivery.

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company that helps organizations proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors. The team is a fusion of former special operations cyber operators and engineers, focused on respect, collaboration, and results.

US

  • Design, build, and operate scalable, secure microservices powering Cyderes' security platform with minimal oversight.
  • Deploy to AWS, GCP, or Azure with Terraform and run containerized workloads on Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Improve automated testing and CI/CD, review code, and mentor teammates while keeping security in mind.

Cyderes builds practical Identity & Access Management (IAM), Exposure Management, and risk programs, providing Managed Detection & Response (MDR) powered by its Meridian entity fabric. It is a Great Place to Work-Certified global team that helps organizations stop active threats fast with people, platforms, and perspectives.

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  • Field CTO for customer engagements, owning prototyping and deployment of AI solutions.
  • Work closely with engineering, research, and business teams supporting national security customers.
  • Travel up to 50% to customer sites for scoping and implementation.

EdgeRunner AI is an American dual-use research lab building frontier open-weight AI for the U.S. military and regulated industries. As a Series-A startup with $17.5M in funding, we are a fast-moving, remote-first team focused on national security.

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  • Run technical discovery with Sales and Engineering to map customer workflows and technical constraints.
  • Lead deployment engineering, including infrastructure validation, network configuration, and system readiness verification.
  • Support accreditation, align stakeholders, scope integrations, and deliver tailored demos for new deployments.

Onebrief builds collaboration and AI-powered workflow software for military planning and operational coordination. Founded in 2019 and valued at over $2 billion, the company is a distributed team of builders from military, operational, and technology backgrounds.

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  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into product improvements.
  • Design and develop clean, maintainable software using functional patterns and a modern stack.
  • Guide technical direction, mentor team members, and promote innovation.

We are BLP Digital AG, building an agentic platform that automates business processes for finance and operations teams. We are a majority employee-owned Swiss SaaS scale-up with 550+ enterprise customers, expanding globally.

$120,000–$170,000/yr
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  • Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services and APIs across the stack.
  • Build and maintain intuitive, performant frontend applications and take end-to-end ownership from architecture to monitoring.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to define features, participate in design/code reviews, and ensure system reliability.

TENEX is an AI-native MDR provider helping organizations improve cybersecurity via threat detection and rapid response. We are a small, well-funded startup backed by top investors, with a culture of collaboration and community.

$157,000–$184,000/yr
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  • Own product features end to end, from design and implementation through rollout and iteration.
  • Extend agentic AI capabilities into customer-facing product experiences.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions while collaborating with Product and front-end teams.

This company builds next-generation products at the intersection of software supply chain security, AI, and developer tooling. It has a small, fast-moving engineering team in a remote-first environment focused on practical tools for developers.

US

  • Own the most challenging customer technical problems with deep-dive troubleshooting and analysis.
  • Act as the customer's advocate to ensure their issues influence product and engineering roadmaps.
  • Author technical content and lead internal tooling development with a strong AI focus.

Wiz provides an AI-powered cloud and application security platform that connects code, cloud, and runtime. Trusted by over 65% of the Fortune 100, the company values world-class talent and fosters a creative, high-impact culture.

$170,000–$235,000/yr
US

  • Design and implement backend services for licensing, entitlements, feature access, and usage limits across NodeZero's product and APIs.
  • Build and evolve provisioning, admin experience, MSP/MSSP capabilities, and audit logging for a multi-tenant SaaS platform.
  • Operate production services with monitoring, incident response, and a high bar for design quality and test coverage.

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company that helps organizations proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors through its NodeZero autonomous pentesting platform. The team is a fusion of former special operations cyber operators and startup engineers, fostering a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

$157,000–$184,000/yr
US Canada Germany UK Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design, build, and ship secure container technologies from design through production.
  • Develop image pipelines, registry infrastructure, and developer tooling for security and performance.
  • Collaborate with product, customers, and engineers while integrating AI-assisted development.

Chainguard develops secure container technologies and open-source tools to help organizations build and deploy software safely. It is a remote-first, fast-growing company with a small autonomous engineering team that values ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.

$135,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes customer projects, working independently and with minimal supervision.
  • Deploy and support containerized software on edge devices and in air-gapped, on-premise environments.
  • Troubleshoot networking and systems issues, manage configuration, load balancing, container orchestration, and upgrades.

The company delivers software solutions for tactical edge environments. It operates as a small, customer-facing engineering team focused on high-stakes deployments.

Unlimited PTO

  • Build and maintain first-party integration connectors between NodeZero and customer security platforms like CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Splunk.
  • Design integration schemas and data mappings, and write documentation that enables customers to configure integrations without support calls.
  • Diagnose and resolve integration failures, working with the Integrations Platform team to ensure connectors are built on shared infrastructure.

Horizon3 is a cybersecurity company that provides autonomous pentesting through its NodeZero platform to help organizations proactively find and fix attack vectors. The company is a remote team of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators and engineers, fostering a culture of respect, collaboration, and ownership.

$200,000–$300,000/yr
US

  • Plan, configure, test, and roll out deployments across customer VPC and on-premises environments.
  • Partner with customer IT, security, and platform teams to resolve infrastructure issues.
  • Build monitoring, telemetry, and automation for scalable processes.

North America

  • Design, build, and operate production Kubernetes platforms, owning cluster architecture, networking, reliability, and security.
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and cloud environments, and improve observability and automation.
  • Take ownership of critical infrastructure initiatives, incident response, and mentorship while working autonomously in a remote-first environment.

Our partner is a technology company building and operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms and complex production infrastructure. It is a remote-first organization with a focus on autonomy, technical ownership, and collaboration across North America and Latin America.

$219,000–$352,000/yr
Global

  • Define and drive the technical vision for scalable, secure, and high-performance platform architecture.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, setting best practices and standards across the engineering organization.
  • Lead research and prototyping of emerging technologies, and ensure reliability through automation and security best practices.

Docker is a developer tooling platform trusted by 20M+ users, with products like Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout. It is a globally distributed, remote-first team building AI-ready infrastructure for software delivery.