Director of Engineering, Docker
Container Platform
$250-343.8k
Offers equity
More information about location
App development platform
Open for applications
App development platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$250-343.8k
Offers equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To increase the time developers spend on innovation, and decrease the time they spend on everything else.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate has a deep technical background that they leverage to drive the team to operational excellence and good technical decisions
- They are skilled at growing and managing engineering managers and very senior individual contributors
- They have a track record of working lower in the stack and building successful teams
- They love developer tooling, have an eye for detail, and work well with customers, users, and partners
- 5+ years experience managing a high performing team
- 5+ years experience as a backend software developer
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable with a high degree of autonomy (self-motivated, organized) and the ability to work remotely across time zones
What the job involves
- The teams part of Desktop & Core DX are responsible for shipping the container runtime across Linux, Windows, and macOS. This includes the Docker Engine, containerd, VMM, and all the clients developers love– Compose, CLI, Build, Testcontainers, VS Code Extension, and more!
- Management of teams of engineers distributed across Europe and the US
- Ensure predictable delivery and operational excellence of the components the teams ship
- Align the team with business and product goals by working closely with product management
- Facilitate communication across teams and status reporting for critical projects
- Hire and retain talent
- Hold a high bar for engineering excellence
- First 30 days:
- Understand the group mission
- Meet the teams along with peers across the group and company
- Start line managing reports and building a rapport
- High-level understanding of the existing Docker functionality
- Participate in status reporting
- Understanding of the Docker personas and how they apply to the team
- First 90 days:
- Work with the teams to align on goals and measures of success
- Start career discussions with reports
- Work with the teams to improve their processes
- Attend a customer call
- Oversee the delivery of a change or feature
- Started hiring for the team (if needed)
- One-year outlook:
- Been involved in driving the long term direction of the teams
- Have had a sustained, positive impact on reports
Our take
Docker supplies a hub and desktop solution to simplify the workflow of app development teams. Originally known for popularising the idea of containerising software, it saw itself outpaced by Kubernetes. However, the company has identified a problem with the growing complexity of containerisation, with some apps consisting of dozens or even hundreds of containers - which is what it now addresses.
Docker has had a difficult time in the recent past, with 2019 seeing it sell off its enterprise business, reduce its workforce by hundreds, and change its leadership team. As a well known brand and ecosystem for containerisation, however, it aims to lure developers back to its product as well as to take advantage of the growing global demand for app development.
Returning to focus on developers rather than large companies was certainly a gamble, but one that seems to have paid off. The company has returned to profitability and raised Series C funding in 2022, which is cited to fund hiring new talent, ramping up its business, and continuing to develop and refine its product. It's also embarked on a series of acquisitions to bolster its business, with speculation mounting about its possible sale in the near future.
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Insights
47% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Mar 2022
$105m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $498m
Company benefits
- 100% company paid medical premiums for employees and dependents
- Flexible Time Off Policy
- “Whaleness” Days — At least 1 company wide day off per month
- Employer Paid Holidays
- Generous Maternity and Parental Leave
- Home Office Set Up Budget
- Monthly Technology Stipend
- Training Allowances
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Virtual and In-Person Social Events
- Docker Swag
- Quarterly Hackathons
- Virtual Coffee with Co-Workers
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Don Johnson
(CEO)Previously Executive Vice President of Infrastructure at Oracle, was a Principal Engineer at Amazon and a Lead Software Engineer at RealNetworks.
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