Staff Cloud Engineer - Distributed Go Microservices Remote

Docker; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom & flexibility

Whaleness Days

Home office setup

Parental leave 16 weeks

Tech stipend $100 net/month

PTO

Training stipend

Equity

Docker swag

Benefits vary by country

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Docker is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud Sandboxes team to design and build core cloud infrastructure that enables developers to deploy and manage agentic workloads. You will work on scalable, secure systems with a focus on reliability and observability across multi-tenant environments.

As part of a remote‑first, globally distributed team, you’ll collaborate with product, platform, and security teams, contribute to CI/CD improvements, and participate in on‑call rotations to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering in cloud or distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Java.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes) and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate core services powering Docker’s Cloud Sandboxes platform.
• Build scalable systems for microVM orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management.
• Develop high‑performance APIs and control plane components for multi‑tenant workloads.

Skills

Go

Java

Kubernetes

Microservices

Cloud infra

CI/CD

Observability

Distributed systems

Debugging

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Job description

Docker is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud Sandboxes team to design and build core cloud infrastructure that enables developers to deploy and manage agentic workloads. You will work on scalable, secure systems with a focus on reliability and observability across multi-tenant environments.

As part of a remote‑first, globally distributed team, you’ll collaborate with product, platform, and security teams, contribute to CI/CD improvements, and participate in on‑call rotations to