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$219,000–$352,000/yr
Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Define and own the multi-year technical vision for Docker's Central Operations and Systems group, spanning internal AI, developer tools, infrastructure, and corporate systems.
  • Drive cross-company technical leadership, architecting the Docker SDLC 'Golden Path' and converging fragmented systems into shared platform capabilities.
  • Mentor and develop Staff and Principal engineers, representing Docker's platform architecture externally through talks and community engagement.

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$160,900–$260,700/yr
Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Design, develop, and lead improvements to the sandboxes product across agent integration, tool permissions, and developer-facing workflows.
  • Drive the reliability and performance of sandbox creation, session management, and teardown for AI agent workloads.
  • Collaborate with peers, Product, and adjacent teams to evolve the architecture as requirements grow.

Docker provides developer tools for building, sharing, and running applications using containers. It serves over 20 million monthly users and operates as a globally distributed, remote-first team.

Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Work with Docker's most important customers to accelerate container and AI journeys, focusing on developer workflows.
  • Create and manage engagement plans and oversee design partner prototyping with engineering teams.
  • Deliver high-impact enablement and best practices content to audiences from developer to C-level.

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 enabling software development and delivery.

$76,356–$109,080/yr
Europe

  • Deliver advanced technical sessions and enablement series for platform, DevOps, security, and engineering audiences.
  • Build scalable PoC frameworks and technical assets that drive Docker adoption and secure SDLC practices.
  • Produce deep technical content and serve as an escalation point for complex architectural questions.

Docker provides containerization tools trusted by over 20 million monthly users, enabling developers to build, share, and run applications. The company is a globally distributed, remote-first team at the center of AI-driven software development.

United States Unlimited PTO

  • Define and evolve architecture and engineering practices across multiple teams.
  • Build and ship production systems across AI, backend, cloud, infrastructure, and full-stack applications.
  • Mentor engineers and raise technical quality through hands-on leadership.

G-P is a leading SaaS-based Global Employment Platform that enables clients to expand into over 180 countries quickly and efficiently. They have a diverse, remote-first team and foster an innovative culture where every contribution is valued.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the organization’s most consequential technical challenges, turning ambiguity into clear direction and measurable outcomes.
  • Simplify complex systems, strengthen engineering practices, and create scalable foundations that are easier to operate and evolve.
  • Influence decisions without formal authority, working closely with senior business and technology leaders.

Jobgether is an AI-powered job matching platform that connects candidates with hiring companies. They use technology to ensure fair and efficient application reviews.

$165,604–$228,491/yr
US

  • Define technical strategy and lead architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems for end-to-end engagements.
  • Partner with senior leadership and clients as the principal technical voice on strategy and direction.
  • Mentor experienced engineers and architects, helping them grow technical judgment and impact.

Robots & Pencils designs AI systems for a human world, engineering paired with creativity. Their teams average fifteen-plus years of experience, with a culture that values directness, craft, and ownership.

$101,563–$168,102/yr
Global

  • Turn developer, agent, and security problems into clear requirements, staged technical decisions, and measurable outcomes.
  • Design, build, and operate Go services and APIs that power Docker's build and secure-CI infrastructure.
  • Develop isolation, identity, policy, provenance, attestation, and signing capabilities for trusted build and test jobs.

Docker is a leading developer tooling platform trusted by over 20 million monthly users and 20 billion container image pulls. They are a globally distributed, remote-first team building tools that define how software gets built and delivered.

Canada

  • Define and lead platform engineering strategy across complex, multi-environment cloud systems.
  • Architect scalable Kubernetes platforms, own IaC standards, and drive DevSecOps implementation.
  • Mentor engineers, partner with leadership on infrastructure direction, and lead complex migrations.

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm that designs and ships AI co-workers for enterprise operations. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the US, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are a nimble team of senior engineers averaging 15+ years of experience.

US

  • Lead architectural direction and development of critical systems, services, and infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and performance.
  • Collaborate with product and program leaders to align engineering solutions with user needs, regulatory requirements, and business outcomes.
  • Coach and mentor engineers across teams, grow their craft, and strengthen engineering culture through curiosity, learning, and integrity.

Avandra Imaging unlocks clinical data to overcome medical challenges, bringing hope and breakthroughs that transform patient lives. With a national footprint of over 5,000 customer integrations and a market share of approximately 70%, they are poised to revolutionize healthcare research through a large indexed data cloud of medical imaging.

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

  • Set technical direction for major backend and developer-experience initiatives across Clojure and Go.
  • Design, build, and operate distributed services, event pipelines, and APIs with strong security and reliability.
  • Lead cross-team delivery, mentor senior engineers, and improve operational standards.

Docker provides developer tools like Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout, trusted by over 20 million monthly users. We are a globally distributed, remote-first team that values inclusion, diversity, and work-life fit.

US

  • Design and maintain CI/CD and MLOps pipelines for AI and software applications, ensuring seamless deployment and automation.
  • Build and scale cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, and GPU clusters to support high-performance AI workloads.
  • Champion Infrastructure as Code and observability practices to ensure high availability, security, and compliance across multi-cloud environments.

Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company providing AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure. Headquartered in Singapore, the company has a global presence with data centers in multiple countries and a culture focused on innovation and reliability.

$200,000–$350,000/yr
US

  • Define technical strategy for critical systems.
  • Lead multi-team architecture and engineering initiatives.
  • Establish engineering standards and technical principles.

They build sophisticated infrastructure and software systems for critical business operations. They are a rapidly scaling company with a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership is encouraged.

$142,200–$242,000/yr
US

  • Define and maintain enterprise, platform, and solution architecture strategies.
  • Lead architecture reviews and provide governance for major technical initiatives.
  • Mentor senior engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams.

RealPage is a technology company that provides software and data analytics solutions for the real estate industry. The organization fosters a culture of innovation and engineering excellence, operating at an enterprise scale.

US

  • Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure systems supporting Laurel's AI-driven platform.
  • Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure), Kubernetes orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines to increase deployment frequency and reliability.
  • Implement comprehensive observability, monitoring, and alerting to maintain system health and partner with engineering teams to optimize performance and cost-efficiency.

Laurel is an AI Time platform for professional services firms, automating work time capture and connecting time data to business outcomes for clients like EY and Crowell & Moring. The company comprises top AI, product, and engineering talent, is VC-backed by Google Ventures and IVP, and fosters an inclusive, ambitious culture.

$174,900–$282,700/yr
Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Lead Secure Build and SCS Services, owning delivery, team health, growth, and operational excellence across both teams.
  • Partner with Product to shape strategy for secure build, Docker Scout, and Docker Hardened Images.
  • Stay close to technical work through design review, incident response, and selective hands-on contribution.

Docker provides developer tooling trusted by over 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. They are a globally distributed, remote-first team building tools for software development and delivery.

$191,500–$249,000/yr
US

  • Lead large-scale technical programs across Product, Engineering, Architecture, UX, Data, Governance, and Operations teams.
  • Translate strategic objectives into structured execution plans with milestones, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.
  • Establish governance frameworks using metrics, readiness indicators, and outcome-based measurements to drive delivery.

Our partner is a technology-driven organization focused on enterprise transformation, connecting AI-driven workflows and platform capabilities. The company fosters an inclusive culture that values teamwork, transparency, integrity, and bold innovation.

$200,000–$350,000/yr
US

  • Define architecture and technical strategy for highly scalable AI systems.
  • Lead complex model serving and inference initiatives while optimizing performance and cost.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence cross-functional AI strategy and product direction.

The company builds critical infrastructure that powers high-volume, real-time business operations across multiple systems and platforms. It is a fast-growing organization with a collaborative, fast-moving culture where engineers have meaningful influence on architecture and product direction.

Europe

  • Lead technical operations for large-scale AI infrastructure environments powered by NVIDIA GPUs and Kubernetes.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for critical incidents and drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
  • Mentor team members and shape operational standards, automation, and reliability practices for next-generation platform services.

Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. Mirantis serves many of the world’s leading enterprises, including Adobe, DocuSign, Liberty Mutual, PayPal, Reliance Jio, Societe Generale, Splunk, and Volkswagen.

UK Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Own the technical strategy for multi-ecosystem scaling, defining architecture for onboarding new language ecosystems.
  • Drive end-to-end remediation automation, leading redesign of CVE workflows to close the loop from detection to verified release.
  • Set platform-wide technical direction spanning package index, build pipelines, and orchestration tooling to serve customers and ecosystem teams.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. They serve Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, and are venture-backed by leading investors, fostering a culture of customer obsession and intentional action.

$200,000–$350,000/yr
US

  • Define architecture for complex, high-impact systems.
  • Lead company-critical engineering initiatives.
  • Mentor senior and staff-level engineers.

They build sophisticated infrastructure and software systems for critical business operations. They are a rapidly scaling company with a collaborative, fast-moving culture where ownership is encouraged and decisions are made quickly.