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Senior Principal Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

Docker· Engineering
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Remote$219k - $352kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Principal Engineer and technical vision for secure software delivery and supply chain across Docker’s products. Own multi-year architecture and security strategy to harden build, verify, and trust in software delivery at Docker’s scale. Remote-friendly, Seattle-based location.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multi-year technical vision for build security and supply chain across Docker Desktop, Hub, Hardened Images, Verified Publishing, and monetization platforms.
  • Define and sequence "trusted by default" architecture for 20M developers.
  • Partner with the SVP of Engineering to convert commercial strategy into multi-year technical roadmaps.
  • Establish company-wide architectural principles and security standards.
  • Identify high-leverage platform investments that enhance security across all Docker products.
  • Proactively position architecture ahead of evolving supply chain threats and regulatory demands.
  • Architect systems to detect and prevent build-process threats like compromised dependencies, malicious steps, tampered artifacts, and untrusted images.
  • Design provenance and attestation infrastructure ensuring Docker artifacts carry verifiable build history.
  • Define artifact signing, verification, and policy enforcement across local workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Architect SBOM generation, dependency analysis, and vulnerability intelligence for complete software visibility.
  • Align with and help shape emerging supply chain security standards.
  • Ensure security controls remain fast and unobtrusive so developers keep them enabled.
  • Architect how Docker's security capabilities integrate across the full software development lifecycle, from local development through CI/CD to production deployment.
  • Design the interfaces and contracts that let Docker's tooling embed into pipelines, registries, and platforms customers already run, rather than asking them to rebuild around us.
  • Define the developer experience for security tooling, where the secure path is the fast path and the default path.
  • Architect policy and enforcement models that satisfy enterprise security and compliance requirements without fragmenting the developer workflow.
  • Drive convergence of security capabilities across Docker products, replacing product-specific implementations with shared platform primitives.
  • Work with leaders across engineering to drive strategy and execution.
  • Mentor and develop Staff and Principal engineers, raising the technical bar across the organization.
  • Represent Docker's security architecture externally through blog posts, conference talks, standards bodies, and technical community engagement.
  • Participate in executive-level discussions, providing architectural perspective on business decisions.
  • Take part in on-call rotation for your team, respond to incidents, debug production issues, and drive continuous improvement of system reliability.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience specializing in build security, software supply chain security, or SDLC tooling
  • Deep understanding of build process threat models across dependencies, environments, artifacts, and pipelines, along with effective mitigations
  • Architectural experience in artifact signing, attestations, SBOMs, dependency security, CI/CD security, base image trust, or vulnerability intelligence
  • Practical knowledge of supply chain security frameworks and standards
  • Expertise in API design, service architecture, and scalable system integration
  • Proven record delivering large-scale distributed systems for millions of users and enterprise customers
  • Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern infrastructure
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Required:Build security strategy

Benefits

  • Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.
  • Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
  • Generous PTO, quarterly Whaleness Days, and end-of-year Whaleness break.
  • Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
  • Technology stipend – US$100 net per month.
  • Annual learning & development stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
  • Equity for all full-time employees.
  • Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
  • Docker swag.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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