Senior Software Engineer, Docker
Growth
$160.9-260.7k
Salary dependent on location. Offers equity
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App development platform
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App development platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$160.9-260.7k
Salary dependent on location. Offers equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify the lives of developers building world-changing apps.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, including exposure to growth engineering, experimentation systems, Data engineering , product-focused development
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for building user-facing product experiences and go for backend services
- Hands-on experience implementing A/B tests and feature flags in production environments
- Familiarity with analytics and experimentation tools such as Adobe Target, Unleash, or Looker
- Comfortable working across the full stack — front end and backend
- Experience with Snowflake , redshift or similar data warehouse tooling for querying experiment results
- Familiarity working on AI solutions and data pipelines
- Strong communicator and collaborator with a pragmatic and flexible approach to experimentation and iteration
- Outcome-oriented and self-directed, with a passion for improving developer experience and product usability at scale
- Execution-focused and thorough — you care about shipping clean, well-instrumented code, not just shipping fast
- Comfortable with ambiguity as well as precise requirements
- Works well with and builds trust across all organizations at any level
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Growth to join our Software Engineering Team focussed on growth and experimentation initiatives
- This role will partner closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and PLG to build, launch, and optimize high-impact growth experiments across Docker products and also build the CX for common Docker surfaces
- This is a full-stack software engineering role with a growth lens, focused on delivering measurable business outcomes like increased activation, retention, and expansion—by writing high-quality, production-grade code, instrumenting the right signals, and turning data into product improvements that millions of developers feel
- Build and ship behavior-based user experiences that drive onboarding, activation, checkout flows and retention across Docker’s product suite
- Design and implement end-to-end growth experiments—from hypothesis to implementation to post-launch analysis
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and Ops teams to deliver high-velocity experiments that improve core funnel metrics
- Write production-grade code across Docker’s stack, including frontend (React/JavaScript), backend (Go/Python), and cloud services
- Leverage A/B testing frameworks and in-app engagement tools to optimize personalized user journeys
- Share experiment outcomes, insights, and next-step recommendations with stakeholders across product and business functions
- This role may require participation in an on-call rotation to provide support outside of standard business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed
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 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 has been used to hire new talent, ramping up its business, and continuing to develop and refine its product. On top of this bounce back to success, it's also embarked on a series of acquisitions to bolster its business.
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Insights
47% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Mar 2022
$105m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $526m
Company benefits
- 100% company paid medical premiums for employees and dependents
- Flexible Time Off Policy
- Employer Paid Holidays
- Generous Parental Leave (after 6 months of employment)
- 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
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Don Johnson
(CEO)Prior to joining Docker in 2025, Don spent nearly 9 years at Oracle in various Engineering/VP roles. Before that, they spent over 7 years at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer and Principal Engineer.
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