Senior Software Engineer, Docker Desktop, Desktop Systems Focus (East Coast)

Responsibilities for this Role: Design, develop, and maintain lifecycle components, including installation, update, startup, and system services. Improve reliability and performance of Docker Desktop across macOS,Windows and Linux environments. Work on OS-level integrations, permissions models, and system behavior such as admin vs admin-less installs. Debug and resolve complex issues related to startup, crashes, and system interactions. Collaborate with platform and feature teams to ensure seamless integration with shared components. Contribute to documentation, technical design discussions, and knowledge sharing across the Desktop ecosystem. Write high-quality code with strong test coverage and support healthy engineering practices. Minimum Required

Qualifications: 6+ years of experience building backend software, with recent demonstrated hands-on Go (Golang) proficiency. We are looking for strong backend and platform engineering experience for this role. Strong understanding of operating systems (macOS, Windows, or Linux), including system APIs and behavior Demonstrated ability to design modular, maintainable system components that scale across teams. Ability to debug complex system-level issues and improve reliability and performance. Experience designing modular, maintainable components used by other teams. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work through ambiguity. Excellent communication skills, including written documentation and technical design discussions Willingness to learn Go and contribute to a Go-based codebase. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Nice-to-have Experience: Experience with cross-platform desktop development. Familiarity with virtualization, networking, or container technologies. Experience with telemetry, diagnostics, or system observability. Exposure to release engineering or CI/CD systems. What to Expect First 30 Days Meet your team, your onboarding buddy, and key collaborators across Docker Desktop. Set up your development environment and become familiar with the Desktop Platform architecture, lifecycle systems, and key internal components. Contribute your first small changes—bug fixes, reliability improvements, or performance tweaks. Participate in design discussions and pair programming to gain exposure to our tooling and workflows. First 90 Days Drive or co-drive a larger feature, from design to development. Present findings, technical proposals, or insights to

the team through proposal reviews or internal demos. Influence roadmap priorities based on what you’ve learned about the system’s strengths, gaps, and opportunities. One Year Outlook (First Year) Deliver measurable impact with

the team. Lead architectural or cross-cutting platform initiatives that improve development velocity or user experience. Help shape long-term technical direction with well-considered proposals and influence cross-team engineering practices. Become a go-to engineer for complex issues and a trusted partner to teams building on top of the platform. Docker considers sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs. We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job

requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 13, 2024. Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here .

Perks Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment) Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company Docker Swag Medical

benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be. #LI-REMOTE

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