Senior Networking Architect - Remote, Scale & Security

Docker; United States; On-site; USD 170,350 - 275,550; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom & flexibility

Whaleness Days + year-end break

Home office setup

Parental leave

Technology stipend

PTO and professional development

Equity

Docker Swag

Medical benefits and retirement

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Docker is hiring a Staff Software Engineer in Networking to set the technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandboxes platform. You will influence architecture across Docker's product portfolio and help enable Docker’s AI and security initiatives.

The role requires deep expertise in infrastructure at scale, virtual networking, and orchestration, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable networking services and leading a small engineering team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and leading large-scale cloud or distributed systems with a focus on networking foundations.
• Track record of delivering high-quality infrastructure software at scale and driving technical consensus.
• Experience with microservices, container networking, service mesh, policy enforcement, and container orchestration.
• Experience with kernel and user-space networking technologies such as Linux networking, OVS/OVN, DPDK, and eBPF.
• Ability to design and operate highly available, secure, and observable networking infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate core networking services powering Docker's Sandboxes platform across local laptops and 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 workloads.
• Ensure network reliability, observability, and performance across 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 in distributed systems; participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Distributed systems leadership

Networking foundations

Container networking

Service mesh

Orchestration

Debugging distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

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

Tools

OVS/OVN

DPDK

eBPF

Linux networking

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Docker is hiring a Staff Software Engineer in Networking to set the technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandboxes platform. You will influence architecture across Docker's product portfolio and help enable Docker’s AI and security initiatives.

The role requires deep expertise in infrastructure at scale, virtual networking, and orchestration, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable networking services and leading a small engineering team.