Staff Cloud Systems Engineer - Go/Java, Microservices

Docker, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,350 - 275,550; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote-first culture

Technology stipend

PTO

Job summary

Docker, Inc is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud Sandboxes team. You will design and build core services powering Docker’s cloud sandbox platform, enabling scalable orchestration, scheduling, and secure, multi-tenant workloads.

You’ll collaborate with product, platform, and security groups to deliver reliable, observable systems, while contributing to CI/CD improvements and on-call reliability efforts in a distributed, remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience in large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Java.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and observable production systems.
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and scalability patterns.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate core services powering Docker's Cloud Sandboxes platform.
• Build scalable systems for microVM orchestration, scheduling, and lifecycle management.
• Develop high-performance APIs and control plane components for multi-tenant workloads.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and performance across cloud sandbox infrastructure.
• Collaborate across product, platform, and security teams to deliver customer-focused capabilities.
• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and design documents.

Skills

Go language

Java language

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Observability

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Docker, Inc is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud Sandboxes team. You will design and build core services powering Docker’s cloud sandbox platform, enabling scalable orchestration, scheduling, and secure, multi-tenant workloads.

You’ll collaborate with product, platform, and security groups to deliver reliable, observable systems, while contributing to CI/CD improvements and on-call reliability efforts in a distributed, remote-first environment.