Senior Security Engineer (Go) - Docker Desktop - Remote

Jobgether; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Remote-first environment

Flexible working arrangements

Home office support

Technology stipend

Job summary

Jobgether, partnering with a United States‑based company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer focused on security for Docker Desktop. You will write production Go code, strengthen authentication and container isolation, and work within a distributed engineering and security team to push secure-by-default design across the product.

You will model threats, review security designs, and coordinate CVE responses while contributing to security docs and engineering runbooks.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience, with exposure to security‑sensitive systems or strong interest in cybersecurity.
• Strong proficiency in Go, with production‑grade software experience.
• Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals related to container security (namespaces, cgroups, seccomp, AppArmor, capabilities).
• Familiarity with OCI specs, container runtime architecture, and supporting technologies.
• Knowledge of identity and access management including OAuth 2.0 and OIDC.
• Experience in security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
• Ability to balance security requirements with product functionality and performance.
• Strong engineering fundamentals: code quality, reliability, scalability, and secure development practices.
• Proven ownership of technical initiatives from assessment to implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication bridging security and product teams.
• Analytical mindset and proactive improvement approach.
• Ability to work independently in a distributed remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute Go code focusing on security-sensitive components like authentication flows and container runtime behavior.
• Embed security considerations into daily engineering work with secure defaults and protections.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews to identify security risks and propose mitigations.
• Conduct threat modeling and security reviews for new capabilities involving authentication and container security.
• Liaise between Desktop engineering and central security organization to translate policies into engineering decisions.
• Manage CVEs and coordinate remediation across teams with external researchers.
• Oversee vulnerability disclosure processes and maintain security documentation and runbooks.
• Monitor Linux/container security developments (namespaces, cgroups, seccomp, AppArmor, capabilities, OCI standards).
• Identify opportunities to strengthen container isolation and authentication mechanisms.
• Foster cross‑team collaboration and security awareness across the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Go

Linux security

OCI specs

IAM concepts

Threat modeling

CVEs

Code quality

Ownership

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

OCI specifications

Container runtime

OpenID Connect

OAuth 2.0

Job description

Jobgether, partnering with a United States‑based company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer focused on security for Docker Desktop. You will write production Go code, strengthen authentication and container isolation, and work within a distributed engineering and security team to push secure-by-default design across the product.

You will model threats, review security designs, and coordinate CVE responses while contributing to security docs and engineering runbooks.