Principal Software Engineer, Networking

About the role

Docker is seeking a technical leader to define the networking strategy for our Sandboxes platform. You will architect high-performance systems that support our expansion into AI-driven development and secure infrastructure.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Architect and maintain networking services for Sandboxes across local machines and cloud environments.
• Build infrastructure to support microVM orchestration, workload scheduling, and lifecycle management.
• Create data and control plane components optimized for multi-tenant agentic workloads.
• Maintain network observability, performance, and reliability.
• Coordinate with security, product, and platform groups to ship new capabilities.
• Review designs, write code, and contribute to CI/CD automation.
• Troubleshoot distributed system issues and participate in on-call rotations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems or cloud infrastructure with a focus on networking.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in container networking, microservices, service mesh, policy enforcement, and orchestration.
• Technical expertise in Linux networking, eBPF, DPDK, and OVS/OVN.
• Experience operating secure, observable, and highly available infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI.
• Ability to lead small engineering teams and drive technical consensus.

Skills & tools

• Linux networking
• OVS/OVN
• DPDK
• eBPF
• AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure-as-code

Practical notes

• Visa sponsorship is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Benefits include 16 weeks of paid parental leave after 6 months of tenure, a $100 monthly tech stipend, quarterly Whaleness Days, and an end-of-year break.
• The company provides a home office setup budget and a training stipend for professional development.