Principal Networking Architect — Remote, Equity

Docker; United States; On-site; USD 198,000 - 319,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom & flexibility

Designated quarterly Whaleness Days

Home office setup

16 weeks of paid Parental leave

Technology stipend (USD) net/month

PTO plan for personal time

Training stipend for conferences and课程

Equity; share in the company’s success

Docker Swag

Medical benefits and retirement varyby

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Docker is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Networking to set technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandbox platform. You will influence architecture across Docker's product portfolio and drive reliability in local and public-cloud environments.

You will lead a small team of engineers, shape standards for development and observability, and partner with product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused networking capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and leading large-scale cloud or distributed systems, with a focus on networking foundations.
• Experience with microservices architecture, container networking, service mesh, policy enforcement, and container orchestration.
• Experience with kernel and user-space networking technologies, including Linux networking, OVS/OVN, DPDK, and eBPF.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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

10+ years experience

Technical consensus building

Microservices, container networking, &

Kernel/user-space networking

Highly available, secure networking

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP/OC

CI/CD & infrastructure-as-code

Distributed systems debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Docker is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Networking to set technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandbox platform. You will influence architecture across Docker's product portfolio and drive reliability in local and public-cloud environments.

You will lead a small team of engineers, shape standards for development and observability, and partner with product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused networking capabilities.