Docker
Staff Software Engineer, Billing
Seattle, WA, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
The Staff Infrastructure Engineer will own and evolve the infrastructure supporting Billing Platform services. You will design IaC, build observability systems, and define deployment patterns for an AI-agent-assisted development workflow.
What you will do
- Own and evolve the infrastructure supporting Billing Platform services
- Design and maintain IaC (Terraform) for billing system infrastructure on AWS
- Build and own observability systems including metrics, logging, and alerting
- Define deployment patterns and runbooks for AI-agent-assisted development
- Partner with software engineers on service design
- Identify systemic risks and drive improvements
- Lead incident response for billing system issues
- Mentor engineers across the team
Required qualifications
- 8+ years in platform, infrastructure, or SRE roles supporting production SaaS systems at scale
- Deep AWS expertise: ECS or EKS, RDS, networking, IAM, cost management
- Expert-level Terraform
- Experience building and owning observability stacks (Datadog, Grafana, or similar)
- Strong familiarity with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
- Kubernetes at an operational and architectural level
- Track record of identifying systemic risks and driving improvements
- Security-first mindset
- Strong written English
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to have
- Experience with billing, payments, or financial systems infrastructure
Benefits
- Remote-first by design
- Flexibility to manage your schedule
- Generous PTO
- Designated quarterly Whaleness Days
- Designated end-of-year Whaleness break
- Home office support
- Technology stipend equivalent to US$100 net per month
- Annual 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, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country
- Docker swag
Before you apply
- Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis
- Docker may use AI-assisted tools during the recruiting process
- Candidates may be invited to opt in to interview recordings
About the company
Docker is a globally distributed, remote-first team building tools that define how software gets built and delivered. Their products include Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.