Docker, Inc
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Platform
Seattle, WA · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago
PythonJavaGoRustDistributed SystemsPostgreSQLRedisAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformHelmLLMsAgentic AIAI OrchestrationIncident ResponseManual TestingLeadershipMentoring
About the role
- Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls.
- As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.
- This is a greenfield opportunity to shape how agents are built and operated at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design and operate the core agent execution runtime responsible for scheduling, state management, and lifecycle management of long-running agentic workflows
- you won't just build systems, you'll run them, respond when they fail, and drive continuous improvement across the stack.
- You'll work alongside seasoned engineers, collaborating with partner teams across AI infrastructure, developer experience, and platform reliability.
- We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional, hands-on, full-time software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Proven, hands-on experience operating production services in AWS or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute, networking, managed services, IAM, and cost management.
- You have owned production services end-to-end - on-call, incident response, SLO definition, and post-mortems.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning and Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis / Pub-Sub patterns for state management, caching, and event-driven agent workflows
- Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server design and integration
- Experience with LLM-as-judge frameworks, behavioral regression testing, and golden dataset management
Nice to have
- Go: Professional proficiency in Go - Docker's primary language for backend systems
Skills
- Familiarity with Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, etc. and the developer personas using them
- Participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation
- Deep understanding of fault tolerance, consistency, observability, and scalability in cloud-native environments
Compensation
- Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month
Benefits
- Home office setup
- 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
- Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month
- PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
- Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
- Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
- Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
Company info
- for this role, we are prioritizing candidates who currently live in Seattle, WA Metro Area.
- we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
- The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.
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