Remote Engineering Lead for Cross-Platform Runtime

Docker; United States; Remote; USD 198,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first by design

Flexibility that fits your life

Time to recharge

Home office support

Technology stipend

Learning & development

Parental leave

Equity for all full-time employees

Comprehensive benefits

Docker swag

Job summary

Docker is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to manage the Runtime team responsible for Docker's cross-platform runtime across Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will guide architectural decisions and ensure reliability while delivering platform-wide improvements.

You will lead a team of senior ICs, set the technical direction, partner with product management, and maintain a high engineering bar in a remote-first environment across time zones.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
• 3+ years of hands-on systems programming experience (hypervisors, container runtimes, OS internals, kernel development, or similar low-level infrastructure).
• 8+ years of professional, hands-on, full-time software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep understanding of virtualization concepts: VMMs, hypervisors, and hardware-assisted virtualization.
• Experience with container runtimes (OCI, containerd, runc) or equivalent low-level infrastructure.
• Cross-platform systems experience across two or more of: Windows, macOS, Linux.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable with a high degree of autonomy and the ability to work remotely across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6-10 engineers building Docker's cross-platform runtime across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Own the technical direction and roadmap.
• Partner closely with product management to align the team with business and product goals.
• Ensure predictable delivery and operational excellence across the components the team ships.
• Hire and retain top systems engineering talent.
• Hold a high bar for engineering excellence.
• Facilitate communication across teams and provide status reporting for critical projects.

Skills

Team management

Systems programming

Software engineering

Virtualization

Container runtimes

Cross-platform

Communication

Remote work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OCI

containerd

runc

Job description

Docker is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to manage the Runtime team responsible for Docker's cross-platform runtime across Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will guide architectural decisions and ensure reliability while delivering platform-wide improvements.

You will lead a team of senior ICs, set the technical direction, partner with product management, and maintain a high engineering bar in a remote-first environment across time zones.