Backend Engineer (Build) Jobs

Docker is a remote first company with employees across Europe and the Americas that simplifies the lives of developers who are making world-changing apps. We raised our Series C funding in March 2022 for $105M at a $2.1B valuation. We continued to see exponential revenue growth last year. Join us for a whale of a ride!
The Build team is responsible for Docker’s container image build toolchain. This includes the open source projects moby/buildkit and docker/buildx which are both written in Go. Docker Build is used by millions of developers in their local loop and on their CI to build container images. It is an important part of Docker Desktop, Docker’s Linux packages, and in third-party products like GitHub Actions. The team has member’s from the US West Coast to Central Europe and its mission is to make performant, secure, predictable and accessible build tooling.
The successful candidate is passionate about developer experience with an interest in low-level container workings. They are comfortable working with peers in Product and Design to solve user problems. They have an eye for security, performance concerns, and have strong interpersonal skills that they have used when developing code for or working on open source projects.
Responsibilities:

• Work with other Docker teams on integrating build tooling (Desktop, Hub)
• Maintain and evolve open source code bases
• Contribute new Build features based in collaboration with Design and Product
• Collaborate with contributors to our projects and with upstream projects

Qualifications:

• Experience developing for Linux
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• 2+ years of software development experience using Golang
• Experience working on open source projects

What to expect in the first 30 days:

• Ship a small change
• Understand the team mission
• Meet the team
• Start triaging the open source repositories
• Start diving into a part of the code base

What to expect in the first 90 days:

• Have demoed something you worked on at the internal Product Development demos
• Understanding of the Docker personas and how they apply to Build
• Meet people across the company
• Ship a more major change
• Feel comfortable in a part of the code base
• Attended a customer call

What to expect in the first year:

• Have worked with other teams at Docker on delivering an end to end feature
• Have autonomy/ownership over an area (level dependent)
• Helped shape the direction of Build (level dependent)

Perks:

• Stock Options; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
• Quarterly, company-wide hackathons
• Docker Swag
• Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
• Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
• Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
• Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
• Whaleness Days: companywide day off each month
• Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
• Variety of virtual and in-person social events to build connections and have fun
• Generous maternity and parental leave
• PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy

Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.
CA/NY/Boulder, CO/Denver, CO $196K - $294K
EU Salary Range 108,800 EUR - 163,200 EUR

• Salary range varies based on location and level

Due to the remote nature of this role, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.