Join Docker's Agentic Platform team to build the foundational infrastructure powering the next generation of AI-driven workflows. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll work on the core agent execution runtime, orchestration primitives, and cloud infrastructure that keeps the Agentic Platform running 24/7.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional, hands-on, full-time software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Cloud Platform Expertise (AWS/OCI/Azure/GCP): Proven, hands-on experience operating production services in AWS or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute, networking, managed services, IAM, and cost management.
- Service Ownership in a Cloud Setting: You have owned production services end-to-end — on-call, incident response, SLO definition, and post-mortems.
- Distributed Systems Design: Deep understanding of fault tolerance, consistency, observability, and scalability in cloud-native environments
- Backend Engineering Proficiency: Strong proficiency in at least one backend language used for systems work — Go, Python, Rust, or Java
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
- Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
- Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
- 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
- Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
- Swag
- Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
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