Director of Engineering, Docker

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, SRE, or platform engineering roles
• 5+ years of engineering management experience, including leading managers and directors
• Deep technical expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and distributed systems
• Proven track record building and scaling reliable, high-performance infrastructure at significant scale
• Strong understanding of service mesh technologies (Envoy, Istio, Linkerd) and modern networking concepts
• Experience implementing SRE practices, SLO/SLI frameworks, and incident management processes
• Demonstrated success in cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
• Experience building developer platforms and internal tooling that improve engineering productivity
• Strong technical communication skills with ability to influence across all levels of the organization
• Track record of building diverse, inclusive, high-performing teams
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Desirable

• We're seeking an experienced Director of Platform Infrastructure to lead critical aspects of Docker's infrastructure platform
• In this role, you'll oversee the reliability, efficiency, and developer experience of foundational systems that power Docker's products and services. You'll lead teams responsible for site reliability engineering, cloud cost optimization, internal developer tooling, and core infrastructure components including our Envoy-based service mesh and networking layer
• This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll shape the technical strategy for platform infrastructure while building and mentoring world-class engineering teams
• You'll work closely with engineering leaders across the organization to ensure Docker's infrastructure is reliable, cost-effective, and enables rapid product innovation
• Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for platform infrastructure, balancing reliability, performance, cost, and developer velocity
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing teams across reliability engineering, FinOps, developer tooling, and foundational infrastructure
• Partner with VP of Engineering and peer directors to align infrastructure investments with company priorities and product roadmaps
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and operational excellence across all platform infrastructure domains
• Drive organizational culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence
• Own end-to-end reliability strategy for Docker's production infrastructure, including SLO/SLI frameworks, incident management, and on-call processes
• Lead efforts to improve system observability, monitoring, and alerting across the platform
• Drive post-incident review processes and ensure learnings translate into systemic improvements
• Partner with product engineering teams to build reliability into application architecture
• Balance investment between reliability improvements and feature delivery
• Develop and execute FinOps strategy to optimize Docker's cloud infrastructure spend across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Implement cost visibility, attribution, and chargeback mechanisms across engineering teams
• Identify and execute on cost optimization opportunities including resource rightsizing, commitment management, and architectural efficiency
• Build culture of cost awareness across engineering organization while maintaining performance and reliability standards
• Partner with finance and business teams on cloud budget planning and forecasting
• Own the strategy and execution for internal developer platforms and tooling that accelerate engineering productivity
• Lead development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment automation
• Champion developer experience improvements across the engineering organization
• Build self-service capabilities that enable product teams to operate independently
• Measure and improve developer productivity metrics and engineering velocity
• Foundational Infrastructure
• Oversee critical infrastructure components including Envoy-based service mesh, API gateways, and networking infrastructure
• Drive adoption of modern infrastructure patterns including service mesh, zero-trust networking, and platform engineering
• Ensure foundational components are scalable, secure, and well-documented
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure infrastructure meets regulatory and security requirements
• Balance technical debt reduction with new capability development
• Work closely with product engineering, security, data platform, and business operations teams
• Serve as infrastructure subject matter expert in architecture reviews and technical planning
• Communicate infrastructure strategy, roadmaps, and constraints to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Build strong relationships with vendor partners and open source communities