Docker

Developer Tooling

StaffSoftwareEngineer,AgenticPlatform

$170–276k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Platform at Docker. Skills: Agentic Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering. Design agent execution runtime. Operate agent execution runtime”

Industry & Context.

Developer Tooling
Problems you'll solve

Respond when systems fail; Drive continuous improvement across the stack

Eligibility Requirements

Prioritizing candidates who currently live in Seattle, WA Metro Area, Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, Carry genuine pager responsibility

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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: 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

Nice to Have

Professional proficiency in Go, Experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning, Experience with Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment, Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis / Pub-Sub patterns, Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server design and integration, Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent, Familiarity with Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, etc., Experience with LLM-as-judge frameworks, behavioral regression testing, and golden dataset management, Hands-on experience building or operating AI agent systems, Contributions or community engagement on relevant open source projects

What You'll Do.

Design agent execution runtime

Operate agent execution runtime

Build multi-agent coordination patterns

Develop context window management strategies

Build tooling for prompt engineering

Build platform capabilities for AI-assisted coding

Own and operate Agentic Platform services

Provision and manage cloud infrastructure

Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation

Define and uphold lead incident response

Instrument systems for observability

Partner with engineering leadership

Drive architectural decisions

Collaborate cross-functionally

Contribute to engineering excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with partner teams across AI infrastructure, developer experience, and platform reliability; Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and partner engineering teams; Partner with engineering leadership to set technical direction; Serve as a guide and mentor as the team grows

Full Job Description

Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout. We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default. Join Docker's Agentic Platform team to build the foundational infrastructure powering the next generation of AI-driven workflows. Intelligent agents are rapidly becoming the primary interface between developers and complex systems and we're building the platform that makes them reliable, scalable, and observable at production scale. You'll be working on the core agent execution runtime, orchestration primitives, and the cloud infrastructure that keeps the Agentic Platform running 24/7. This is a high-ownership role: you won't just build systems, you'll run them, respond when they fail, and drive continuous improvement across the stack. This is a greenfield opportunity to shape how agents are built and operated at scale. You'll work alongside seasoned engineers, collaborating with partner teams across AI infrastructure, developer experience, and platform reliability. Please note: for this role, we are prioritizing candidates who currently live in Seattle, WA Metro Area. RESPONSIBILITIES/WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON: AGENT WORKFLOW & ORCHESTRATION - Design and operate the core agent execution runtime responsible for scheduling, state management, and lifecycle management of long-running agentic workflows - Build robust multi-agent coordination patterns: task handoff, agent memory (short-te

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