Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Docker

• You thrive on high-impact engineering, love solving complex distributed systems challenges, and want to shape the foundation of one of the most widely used developer platforms on the planet
• Strong software development skills in Go, Python, Java or similar (design, testing, and code review)
• Significant experience shipping and operating cloud infrastructure and distributed systems at scale in production (typically 5+ years of relevant work)
• Solid foundation in Linux, Networking, and Cloud Security
• Excellent cross-collaboration, written and verbal communication in a remote environment

Desirable

• Our Infrastructure Engineering team is the backbone of Docker’s cloud-native platform — powering products like Docker Hub, Docker Build Cloud, Docker Scout etc., for millions of developers worldwide
• We don’t just keep the lights on — we design, build, and operate the infrastructure services and platforms that make Docker fast, reliable, and secure at global scale
• We own and operate the core building blocks of Docker’s application platform:
• Compute – Multi-tenant EKS clusters, autoscaling, and capacity management
• Edge & Internal Networking – Ingress, rate limiting, VPN, and secure inter-cluster connectivity
• Observability – End-to-end metrics, logs, tracing, probes, and alerting
• Deployment – GitOps workflows powered by Argo CD
• Security – IAM for services and humans, plus robust secret management
• Cloud Infra Provisioning & FinOps – Automated cloud resource provisioning and cost transparency
• In this role you'll architect and run globally distributed platform services that hundreds of engineers rely on every day
• Continuously evolve our compute, edge, observability and deployment layers for maximum resilience, performance, and cost-efficiency at a global scale
• Lead with automation, Infrastructure as Code, and SLO-driven operations to deliver reliability through software, not toil
• Code first: we tackle infra problems with software, design docs, and rigorous code review
• Async & remote‑first: decisions are documented in RFCs; incident reviews are blameless and written
• Cross‑functional: platform, product, and security engineers collaborate daily to unblock each other
• Continuous improvement: we ship small, measure impact, and iterate quickly
• You'll design, develop, and ship internal platform services (e.g. provisioning, cost insights, rate‑limiting) in Go or Python
• Partner with product and engineering teams to provide paved‑road patterns for deployment, observability, and security
• Codify infrastructure with Terraform and Go; champion GitOps best practices
• Define and own SLOs, lead on‑call rotations, conduct blameless post‑mortems, and implement remediations
• Advance observability by operating metrics, logs, tracing, probes, and alerting pipelines at cloud scale
• Evolve Docker’s ingress stack—Envoy Gateway, ALB/NLB, AWS VPC CNI—to deliver secure, reliable, and cost‑efficient request routing
• Operate and scale multi‑tenant EKS clusters; guide the evaluation and adoption of new infrastructure technologies
• Build and operate self-serve cloud resource provisioning platforms at scale
• Deliver real-time cost visibility and lead company-wide cost-efficiency initiatives
• First 30 Days
• Complete onboarding and build relationships across Engineering, Security, and Product
• Ship your first Terraform or internal service change and shadow on-call
• Gain a deep understanding of our platform architecture, SLOs, and current reliability initiatives
• First 60 Days
• Take ownership of a critical service or infrastructure component
• Lead a medium-complexity project from design to production
• Rotate fully into the on‑call schedule, leading incident response when needed, with confidence
• First 90 Days
• Lead a high-impact project from design to production
• Contribute to refining our platform roadmap and champion initiatives that reduce toil and accelerate delivery
• First Year
• Lead the design and launch of a major, company-wide infrastructure initiative
• Become a recognized subject matter expert in Docker’s cloud infrastructure
• Mentor newer engineers and influence engineering culture through technical leadership and continuous improvement