Senior Backend Engineer, Docker

Build

€75.2-112.8k

+ Equity

Docker

Linux

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote from Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US

More information about location

App development platform

Job no longer available

App development platform

501-1000 employees

B2BInternal toolsSaaSDevOpsCloud Computing

Job no longer available

€75.2-112.8k

+ Equity

Docker

Linux

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote from Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BInternal toolsSaaSDevOpsCloud Computing

Company mission

To increase the time developers spend on innovation, and decrease the time they spend on everything else.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

The successful candidate is passionate about developer experience with an interest in low-level container workings
They are comfortable working with peers in Product and Design to solve user problems
They have an eye for security, performance concerns, and have strong interpersonal skills that they have used when developing code for or working on open source projects
5+ years of software development experience using a backend language (like Go, C, C++, or Rust)
Experience developing for Linux
Experience working on open source projects
Strong written and verbal English communication skills

What the job involves

The Build team is responsible for Docker’s container image build toolchain
This includes the open source projects moby/buildkit and docker/buildx which are both written in Go
Contribute new Build features based in collaboration with Design and Product
Work with other Docker teams on integrating build tooling (Desktop, Hub)
Maintain and evolve open source code bases
Collaborate with contributors to our projects and with upstream projects
What to expect in the first 30 days:
Meet the team
Understand the team mission
Start diving into a part of the code base
Start triaging the open source repositories
Ship a small change
What to expect in the first 90 days:
Feel comfortable in a part of the code base
Meet people across the company
Ship a more major change
Have demoed something you worked on at the internal Product Development demos
Attended a customer call
Understanding of the Docker personas and how they apply to Build
What to expect in the first year:
Have autonomy/ownership over an area (level dependent)
Helped shape the direction of Build (level dependent)
Have worked with other teams at Docker on delivering an end to end feature

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.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

47% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (2.7)

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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