Principal Network Engineer, Sandboxes Platform (Remote)
Docker, Inc.
Get more replies from employers
Send a job-specific resume in minutes.
Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Docker, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Networking to set the direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandboxes platform, driving architecture across Docker's product portfolio.
You will collaborate with product, platform, and security teams to deliver scalable, resilient networking solutions for multi-tenant workloads. You will lead a small team of engineers, design core networking services, and advance observability and reliability across local and cloud
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience building and leading large-scale cloud or distributed systems with a focus on networking foundations.
- Track record of driving technical consensus and delivering high-quality infrastructure software at scale on tight timelines.
- Experience with microservices architecture, container networking, service mesh, policy enforcement, and container orchestration.
- Experience with kernel and user-space networking, including Linux networking, OVS/OVN, DPDK, and eBPF.
- Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and observable networking infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and scalability patterns.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate core networking services that power Docker's Sandboxes platform across local laptops and public cloud environments
- Build scalable networking infrastructure for microVM orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management
- Develop high-performance networking data- and control-plane components for multi-tenant agentic workloads
- Ensure network reliability, observability, and performance across Docker's Sandbox infrastructure
- Collaborate with product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused capabilities
- Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and design documents
- Contribute to automation and CI/CD improvements across the deployment pipeline
- Debug and resolve production issues across distributed systems in local and public-cloud environments
- Take part in on-call rotation for your team; respond to incidents and drive continuous improvement of system reliability and availability
Skills
Education
Job description
Docker, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Networking to set the direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandboxes platform, driving architecture across Docker's product portfolio.
You will collaborate with product, platform, and security teams to deliver scalable, resilient networking solutions for multi-tenant workloads. You will lead a small team of engineers, design core networking services, and advance observability and reliability across local and cloud
'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M101.744%2012.4726L102.894%2016.1947L99.0021%2013.2201L101.744%2012.4726ZM105.3%208.40937H100.488L99.0026%203.59473L97.5116%208.41047L92.7%208.40385L96.5965%2011.3834L95.1055%2016.1942L99.0021%2013.2196L101.408%2011.3834L105.3%208.40992V8.40937Z'%20fill='white'/%3e%3cdefs%3e%3clinearGradient%20id='paint0_linear_5593_1381'%20x1='90'%20y1='9.44471'%20x2='99'%20y2='9.44471'%20gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'%3e%3cstop%20stop-color='%2300AD70'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='0.998594'%20stop-color='%2300B67A'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='1'%20stop-color='%23DCDCE6'/%3e%3c/linearGradient%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e){kind=small}
