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Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools

Docker· Engineering
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Remote$160.9k - $260.7kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer to build AI-powered developer tools and the self-service AI developer tools platform on Docker's AI Developer Tools team, blending AI, developer experience, and platform engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate production AI agents for developer productivity, including code review assistants, test generators, deployment diagnostics, and incident response automation
  • Integrate LLM providers, agent orchestration frameworks, and MCP servers into reliable tools, following the team's patterns and standards
  • Build systems that help Docker's engineers adopt AI-native development tools
  • Build integrations between AI developer tools and existing developer infrastructure such as CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and deployment systems
  • Instrument your tools so the team can measure adoption, effectiveness, and developer satisfaction
  • Build and improve platform capabilities, including deployment pipelines (ArgoCD/GitOps), observability integration (Grafana), security controls, and cost management
  • Help reduce time-to-production for new products from weeks to days
  • Contribute to reliability, security, and performance standards for AI systems, including SLOs, monitoring, and incident response
  • Take features and services from requirements to production with clear design, review code, and participate in design reviews
  • Take part in the team’s on-call rotation and improve alerts, runbooks, and tooling
  • Follow AI-assisted engineering practices, validate AI outputs, and stay accountable for what you ship
  • Work with leadership to understand priorities and shape work, and partner with Infrastructure, Security, and Data teams
  • Help newer engineers get up to speed on tools and practices
  • Keep up with emerging AI/LLM technologies and agent frameworks and share findings with the team

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems
  • Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications, AI agents, or AI-assisted developer tools
  • Working knowledge of LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, and others), prompt engineering, agent orchestration frameworks, and practical uses of AI in software development workflows
  • Experience building and operating scalable backend services, distributed systems, or developer-facing platforms
  • Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, including Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems
  • Proficiency in Go (preferred), Rust, Java, or Python, with strong software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience building developer tools, platform systems, or internal tools that other engineers rely on
  • Good product judgment and remote, async-friendly communication
  • Ownership mentality with bias for action in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Required:GoLLM APIsAI Agents / AI-powered toolsKubernetesCI/CDObservability (Grafana, etc.)
Nice to have:RustPythonDevOps / SRESecurity practices for production AITerraform / Pulumi

Benefits

  • Remote-first by design – work from home with offices in Seattle and Paris
  • Flexibility to manage your schedule
  • Generous PTO, Whaleness Days, and end-of-year break
  • Home office setup support
  • Technology stipend (US$100 net per month)
  • Annual learning & development stipend
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave after six months
  • Equity for full-time employees
  • Comprehensive medical, retirement, and holidays benefits vary by country
  • Docker swag
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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