Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Docker · Remote · Seattle, WA ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer
- Fully remote (global)
- Go + Kubernetes + Terraform
- Visa sponsorship possible
- Equity + comprehensive benefits
Join Docker’s infrastructure team to transform manual operational workflows into paved roads for hundreds of engineers. You will design and build self-service capabilities, platform APIs, and continuous-deployment flows that enable teams to provision environments in hours rather than days.
This hands-on senior role involves owning significant components end-to-end, from design through production adoption. You will strengthen multi-tenant EKS foundations, improve reliability via better observability, and help shape the technical direction of the platform while mentoring teammates.
What you'll do
- Design and build self-service platform APIs and capabilities in Go
- Implement multi-region, cross-account networking and connectivity
- Establish continuous-deployment flows using GitOps and Argo CD
- Strengthen EKS foundations for security, scale, and cost efficiency
- Improve SLOs, alerting, and incident response using Grafana Cloud
- Develop AI-assisted tools for alert enrichment and runbook diagnosis
- Participate in on-call rotation to ensure operational ownership
What you'll need
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in backend or platform engineering
- Strong software engineering skills in Go or similar languages
- Proven track record of operating cloud services in production
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes, networking, or cloud platforms
- Solid understanding of Linux and production operations fundamentals
- Experience shaping technical direction and working across teams
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for remote work
Nice to have
- Experience with EKS, ingress, CNI, or service mesh technologies
- Observability knowledge using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions and Argo CD
- Experience driving migrations or adoption programs across teams
Stack
- Go
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Argo CD
- EKS
- Envoy Gateway
- Grafana Cloud
- OpenTelemetry
How you'll work
- Fully remote-first company with global distribution
- Flexible schedule with trust-based management
- On-call rotation after onboarding and shadowing period
- Offices available in Seattle and Paris for collaboration
What you get
- Generous PTO and quarterly Whaleness Days off
- 16 weeks paid parental leave after six months
- Monthly technology stipend of US$100 net
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Home office support for workspace setup
- Equity package for all full-time employees
- Comprehensive medical and retirement benefits
Hiring process
- Initial context building and meeting partner teams
- Shadowing on-call rotation during first 30 days
- Owning a platform component with clear metrics by day 90
- Optional opt-in for interview recordings for calibration