Security Engineer - Desktop Platform (Remote-First, Equity)

Docker; Seattle (WA); Remote; CAD 271,000 - 434,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly by design

Time to recharge PTO

Technology stipend US$100 net per mo.

Learning & development stipend

Parental leave 16 weeks

Job summary

Docker is seeking a security-minded software engineer embedded in the Desktop engineering team to harden Docker Desktop. You will read and write Go, work on authentication, OCI runtimes, and Linux kernel related areas, and contribute security features from inside the team.

This role targets builders who want to ship secure by default through code, reviews, threat modeling, and proactive vulnerability handling with the security group and developers across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with security-focused roles or interest.
• Strong proficiency in Go and production-grade code delivery.
• Solid understanding of Linux container security fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Docker Desktop security-sensitive areas in Go (authentication, privilege boundaries).
• Participate in design reviews and security reviews before shipping features.
• Conduct threat modeling and security design reviews for new features.

Skills

Go programming

Security mindset

Linux fundamentals

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

Threat modeling

Tools

OCI specifications

Container runtime internals

Job description

Docker is seeking a security-minded software engineer embedded in the Desktop engineering team to harden Docker Desktop. You will read and write Go, work on authentication, OCI runtimes, and Linux kernel related areas, and contribute security features from inside the team.

This role targets builders who want to ship secure by default through code, reviews, threat modeling, and proactive vulnerability handling with the security group and developers across the organization.