Staff Software Engineer - Go & Kubernetes Reliability

Docker

United States

Remote

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

47 hours ago
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Job summary

Docker seeks an experienced engineer to build deployment and release systems for its enterprise platform using Go and Kubernetes. You will own production reliability with on‑call, SLOs, and incident response, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will set the technical direction, drive cross‑team collaboration on identity, observability, and runtime, and shape the future of Docker's cloud-native tooling. This remote‑first role offers strong ownership and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

  • Deep cloud and Kubernetes expertise.
  • Strong distributed systems and Go skills.
  • Willingness to own production reliability and on-call.

Responsibilities

  • Build deployment and release systems for Docker's enterprise platform using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Own production reliability with on-call, SLOs, and incident response.
  • Set technical direction and mentor engineers.
  • Drive cross-team collaboration on identity, observability, and runtime.

Skills

Go
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
Cloud
On‑call
SLOs
Incident Response
Mentorship
Leadership

Tools

Go
Kubernetes

Job description

Docker seeks an experienced engineer to build deployment and release systems for its enterprise platform using Go and Kubernetes. You will own production reliability with on‑call, SLOs, and incident response, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will set the technical direction, drive cross‑team collaboration on identity, observability, and runtime, and shape the future of Docker's cloud-native tooling. This remote‑first role offers strong ownership and growth opportunities.

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