Principal Go Engineer: Containerized AI Agents (Remote)

Docker, Inc; Greater London; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life

16 weeks of paid Parental leave

Home office setup

Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes

Equity in the company

Medical benefits and holidays vary by country

Job summary

A leading software container company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their AI engineering team. This role involves defining technical strategy and shaping the development of containerized AI agent capabilities. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in Go, and a strong understanding of AI, container technologies, and system architecture. This position allows for significant influence in a rapidly evolving environment, offering competitive compensation and a remote-first culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership roles.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Docker’s primary language for backend systems.
• Experience with large language models and agent development patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for Docker’s containerized agent platform.
• Design and implement systems that leverage Docker containers as the ideal runtime for AI agents.
• Build robust infrastructure for packaging, deploying, and managing agents in containers.

Skills

Go Expertise

AI/ML Knowledge

Influence & Communication

Operational Excellence

Container Technology

System Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Python

AI Frameworks

Job description

A leading software container company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their AI engineering team. This role involves defining technical strategy and shaping the development of containerized AI agent capabilities. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in Go, and a strong understanding of AI, container technologies, and system architecture. This position allows for significant influence in a rapidly evolving environment, offering competitive compensation and a remote-first culture.