Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience at Docker, Inc · United States · Joined
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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience
Docker, Inc · United States · Just now · 0 applicants
NewRemoteFull-timeLead
Pay
$170k–$276kListed
Workplace
Remote
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead
Team: Developer Experience · Source: jobright · Posted by joined-scrapper
About the role
Docker seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead cross-team backend and Developer Experience initiatives, shaping architecture and operational standards while delivering reliable developer-facing systems. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, focusing on developer tooling, distributed systems, and operational excellence.
What you’ll do
Lead cross-team backend and Developer Experience initiatives
Shape architecture and operational standards
Deliver reliable developer-facing systems
Remain hands-on in engineering
Own observability, resilience, and incident response
Improve the effectiveness of other experienced engineers
What you’ll need
8+ years of software engineering experience with technical leadership on production systems at scale
Deep experience designing, building and operating production backend or platform systems
Strong programming ability in at least one production language
Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, and databases
Production experience with Go, Clojure, or both
Experience with Spanner, Datomic, Kafka or other distributed data and streaming platforms
Original job description
Docker builds developer tools and infrastructure, including products such as Docker Desktop, Docker Hub and Docker Scout. The Staff Software Engineer will lead cross-team backend and Developer Experience initiatives, shape architecture and operational standards, and deliver reliable developer-facing systems while remaining hands-on.8+ years of software…