Senior Principal Engineer, Docker, Ecosystem

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🔥 15 hours ago

☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $219k - $352k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Docker, Inc

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

☁️ SaaS

💰 $105M Series C on 2022-03

Consulting • SaaS

Docker, Inc is a company that simplifies the lives of developers by tackling the complexity of app development. They offer tools that allow developers to bring their ideas to life through containerization and orchestration, making the development process easier and more efficient. Docker's products, including Docker Desktop and Docker Hub, are widely adopted by millions of developers worldwide, enhancing workflows and providing an integrated development pipeline.

📋 Description

• Lead multi-year technical vision for build security and supply chain across Docker Desktop, Hub, Hardened Images, Verified Publishing, and monetization platforms • Define and sequence trusted-by-default architecture for 20M developers • Partner with the SVP of Engineering to convert commercial strategy into technical roadmaps • Establish company-wide architectural principles and security standards • Identify platform investments that enhance security across Docker products • Architect systems to detect and prevent build-process threats • Design provenance and attestation infrastructure for verifiable build history • Define artifact signing, verification, and policy enforcement across local workflows and CI/CD pipelines • Architect SBOM generation, dependency analysis, and vulnerability intelligence • Integrate security capabilities across the software development lifecycle • Design interfaces and contracts integrating Docker tooling with customer pipelines, registries, and platforms • Define the developer experience for security tooling • Architect policy and enforcement models for enterprise security and compliance • Drive convergence of security capabilities across Docker products • Work with engineering leaders to drive strategy and execution • Mentor Staff and Principal engineers • Represent Docker's security architecture through blog posts, conference talks, standards bodies, and community engagement • Participate in executive-level discussions • Participate in on-call rotation, respond to incidents, debug production issues, and improve system reliability

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience specializing in build security, software supply chain security, or SDLC tooling • Deep understanding of build process threat models and mitigations • Architectural experience in artifact signing, attestations, SBOMs, dependency security, CI/CD security, base image trust, or vulnerability intelligence • Practical knowledge of supply chain security frameworks and standards • Expertise in API design, service architecture, and scalable system integration • Proven record delivering large-scale distributed systems for millions of users and enterprise customers • Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, and modern infrastructure • Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience • Proven track record creating strategic technical plans enabling revenue, expansion, or enterprise deals • Experience converting business strategy into technical architectures and roadmaps • Understanding of SaaS business models, enterprise sales, and security's commercial impact • Experience leading build-vs-buy decisions for core platform components • Ability to lead large, cross-company technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams • Experience partnering with VPs and executives to define and execute technical strategy • Proven ability to influence technical direction and build consensus without direct authority • Strong communication skills for executive presentations and organization-wide alignment • Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leaders • Experience building products for enterprise customers with complex security and compliance requirements • Knowledge of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 and their architectural implications • Understanding of how enterprise security teams evaluate, procure, and operate tooling • Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first work from home • Flexible schedule • Generous PTO • Quarterly Whaleness Days • End-of-year Whaleness break • Home office support • Technology stipend equivalent to US$100 net per month • Annual learning and development stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning • 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment • Equity for all full-time employees • Medical benefits • Retirement benefits • Paid holidays • Docker swag