Deep empathy for developers' needs and a passion for user engagement.
Professional experience as a software engineer, preferably in systems or cloud infrastructure.
Strong technical knowledge of sandboxes, containers, and virtualization technologies.
Familiarity with modern developer infrastructure components like Linux and APIs.
Experience in designing systems that handle untrusted code at scale.
Proficient with command-line interfaces and technical discussions with engineers.
Background in B2B or SaaS products, particularly in developer infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Own the vision and roadmap for Docker Sandboxes, focusing on revenue and adoption.
Articulate customer workflows and pain points, empathizing with their constraints.
Engage with developers to find solutions for secure, isolated execution environments.
Build user-friendly infrastructure products by simplifying complex tradeoffs.
Guide product definition and feature prioritization amidst ambiguity.
Embrace iterative development, collaborating with teams to improve the product roadmap.
Benefits
Remote-first work environment with offices in Seattle and Paris.
Flexible scheduling to accommodate personal life.
Generous PTO and designated wellness days.
Home office support for a comfortable workspace.
Monthly technology stipend to enhance work setup.
Annual learning and development stipend for professional growth.
16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
Equity opportunities for all full-time employees.
Comprehensive benefits package varying by country.
Fun company swag to represent Docker.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
You own Docker Sandboxes, its long-term vision, roadmap, revenue, adoption, and results.
You believe in and can succinctly articulate our customers, their workflows, and their pain points. You empathize with the world they live in and the security, performance, compatibility, and cost constraints they work through.
You will engage deeply with developers building AI agents, coding environments, CI and testing systems, and other workloads that require secure, isolated execution, finding solutions for today while optimizing for tomorrow's vision.
You enjoy building infrastructure products that are easy to adopt and use. You will turn complex tradeoffs across isolation, startup time, performance, density, networking, storage, and cost into simple product experiences.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and will guide product definition, feature prioritization, and scope in concert with engineering, design, security, operations, and go-to-market teams.
You are a fan of iterative development, working with customers and cross-functional teams to hypothesize, measure adoption and impact, learn from releases, and continually improve the roadmap.
Qualifications
You have deep empathy for the needs of developers and are obsessed with talking to your users.
You have prior professional experience as a software engineer, ideally in systems, infrastructure, platform engineering, developer tools, or cloud.
You have strong technical familiarity with sandboxes/microVMs, containers, virtualization technologies, and hypervisors, including the isolation and security boundaries each provides.
You understand the building blocks of modern developer infrastructure, including Linux, container runtimes, orchestration, networking, storage, APIs, and cloud services.
You have experience designing, building, or operating systems that execute customer-provided, untrusted, or agent-generated code at scale.
You are comfortable interacting with a command-line interface and discussing APIs, SDKs, and technical architecture with engineers and developers.
You have experience building B2B or SaaS products, or a background in public cloud and developer infrastructure.
You understand software supply chain and software security concerns, including multi-tenant isolation, identity, secrets management, observability, and reliability.
You can break down complex technical problems into small, releasable, user-valuable features.
You can explain complex ideas simply and communicate effectively in writing, verbally, and visually across diverse stakeholders.
You can analyze qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions, define success metrics, and prioritize investments.
You have a collaborative approach, experience running products from greenfield to scale, and the ability to work with fast-moving, distributed, cross-functional teams. You are a doer as well as a strategist; we are small and need all hands on deck.
What to expect First 30 days
Get to know Docker: our vision, mission, and values.
Understand the Docker Sandboxes team's mission, product strategy, and technical architecture.
Meet the team along with peers across the business unit and company.
Work closely with designers, researchers, engineers, security partners, and customers to understand user needs and current pain points.
Work with your manager and team to review and create quarterly goals.
Understand the product roadmap, key technical and business tradeoffs, and the data available to make data-driven decisions.
First 90 days
Understand the company's and business unit's product vision and how Docker Sandboxes contributes to it.
Provide clarity on product vision, target users, priority use cases, and how the team contributes to the overall success of Docker.
Develop a deep understanding of our developers and customers, how they use isolated environments, and why they choose Docker.
Shape the team roadmap and product strategy in close collaboration with design, engineering, security, and go-to-market peers.
Lead the definition of team OKRs and success metrics for the quarter, and provide clear progress reports.
One Year Outlook
Lead product initiatives across cross-functional teams that make secure, isolated execution simple and valuable for developers and AI agents.
Drive the long-term direction of Docker Sandboxes, including improvements to adoption, ecosystem integration, reliability, scale, unit economics, and ARR.
Docker does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Compensation & Equity
Canada CA$255,500 - CA$365,000 + equity
United States: $184,100 - $263,000 + equity
Posting Information
Open vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role.
AI in hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.
Interview recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.
Perks & 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.
Time to recharge - Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
Home office support - Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
Technology stipend - Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
Learning & development - Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
Parental leave - 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
Equity for all full-time employees - Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.
Comprehensive benefits - Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
Docker swag - Because representing the whale never gets old.
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About Docker
Docker is a software company that provides an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Docker's platform allows developers to package their applications and dependencies into a single container, which can then be easily deployed to any environment. This makes it easier for developers to build and deploy applications, and helps to reduce the time and cost associated with managing complex application environments. Docker has a global presence, with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
