Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

The role

You will build self-service infrastructure systems and platform APIs to automate provisioning and deployment. You will work on multi-region networking, EKS foundations, and AI-assisted operational workflows.

What you will do

• Turn ambiguous infrastructure problems into clear designs and working systems
• Build self-service capabilities and platform APIs in Go
• Apply and help shape delivery standards with Terraform and GitOps on Argo CD
• Strengthen multi-tenant EKS foundations for reliability, security, scale, and cost
• Improve SLOs, alerting, and incident follow-up on Grafana Cloud
• Shape AI-assisted and agentic workflows for operational automation
• Join the on-call rotation after onboarding and shadowing

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Strong software engineering in Go or a similar language
• Track record of building, shipping, and operating cloud services or infrastructure in production
• Deep expertise in at least one of Kubernetes, networking, cloud platforms, reliability engineering, or developer platforms
• Solid Linux and production-ops fundamentals
• Experience shaping technical direction and working effectively across teams
• Clear written and verbal communication in a remote environment
• Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• EKS and ingress/CNI/service-mesh experience
• Observability with OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana
• CI/CD and progressive delivery (GitHub Actions, Argo CD, canaries)
• Driving migrations or adoption programs across teams

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 based on business needs
• Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our 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 like Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout. The company is trusted by more than 20 million monthly users.