Docker, Inc · 2 hours ago
Senior Principal Engineer, Infrastructure
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$251K/yr - $352K/yr
15+ years expDocker, Inc is a leading company in app development, making it easier for developers to focus on innovation. They are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to act as the technical visionary for their Bridge organization, responsible for driving the technical strategy that transforms Docker's products into a unified enterprise platform. This role involves making critical architectural decisions and leading cross-company programs to support Docker's growth and evolution.
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Responsibilities
Define and own the multi-year technical vision for Docker's foundational platform, encompassing accounts, billing, data, enterprise governance, and infrastructure
Establish strategic plans and objectives for major platform initiatives, making architectural decisions that ensure effective achievement of Docker's business objectives
Contribute to and drive the strategic vision in collaboration with the VP of Engineering, translating organizational strategy into technical roadmaps that span multiple teams and years
Identify and prioritize platform investments that provide maximum leverage—capabilities built once that enable rapid iteration across all Docker products
Develop architectural principles and standards that guide technical decisions across the Bridge organization and influence product engineering teams
Anticipate future business needs and ensure platform architecture provides the flexibility to support Docker's evolving commercial models
Lead large cross-company programs that require coordination across Desktop, Hub, AI, Security, Cloud, and Platform teams
Architect the unified platform interfaces ('Control Planes') that enable product teams to answer canonical questions like 'Can this user access this feature?' or 'How much has this organization consumed?' without understanding underlying complexity
Drive convergence of fragmented systems across Docker—replacing product-specific implementations with shared platform capabilities for authentication, authorization, billing, and observability
Establish technical contracts between platform and product teams that enable independent velocity while ensuring consistency and reliability
Lead architectural reviews for major initiatives across Docker, ensuring alignment with platform strategy and long-term maintainability
Proactively identify and solve problems that impact critical areas of the business before they become blockers
Architect the Billing Control Plane that enables Docker to launch new product SKUs in weeks instead of months
Design the Usage-Based Billing platform that supports sophisticated pricing models combining base fees, per-seat charges, consumption pricing, and volume discounts
Ensure billing architecture supports Docker's commercial flexibility—enabling bundle pricing, enterprise contract structures, and rapid pricing experimentation
Define the metering infrastructure where products simply report usage events and the platform handles aggregation, rating, invoicing, and revenue recognition
Architect billing systems that scale to support Docker's growth while maintaining the accuracy and audibility that enterprise customers and finance require
Design the metadata-driven identity platform that serves as the single source of truth for authentication, authorization, and access control across all Docker products
Architect account infrastructure that supports Docker's enterprise requirements—domain-based account ownership, organization lifecycle management, and namespace separation
Define the Centralized Access Control Service that becomes the standard authorization point for all Docker products, replacing fragmented team-specific solutions
Ensure identity architecture supports both consumer simplicity and enterprise complexity—from individual developers to organizations with thousands of managed accounts
Design migration paths that transition millions of existing users seamlessly while introducing new capabilities progressively
Architect the Unified Internal Access Control Endpoint that abstracts entitlements, permissions, settings, policies, and feature flags into a single source of truth for all product teams
Design the Enterprise Command Center architecture that provides consolidated administrative experience across all Docker products
Define group management and RBAC architecture that supports global, group, and user-level policy scoping with IdP synchronization
Architect high-volume audit logging infrastructure and observability platform that meets enterprise compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and integrates with enterprise SIEM tools
Ensure governance architecture enables Docker to launch any new product 'enterprise-ready' from day one with baseline governance controls
Define canonical data models that serve as the foundation for analytics, reporting, and machine learning across Docker
Architect real-time streaming infrastructure that enables immediate reactions to customer behavior—usage spikes, security anomalies, expansion opportunities
Design self-service data capabilities that democratize access while maintaining governance and accuracy
Ensure data architecture supports both operational needs (real-time dashboards, alerts) and analytical needs (business intelligence, forecasting)
Drive convergence to eliminate conflicting metrics that undermine trust in business decisions
Define the infrastructure platform vision that removes infrastructure as a bottleneck to innovation—enabling teams to deploy experimental services in minutes, not weeks
Architect standardized deployment patterns that encode best practices for security, scaling, monitoring, and reliability
Design infrastructure that specifically supports AI and agent initiatives—rapid deployment, programmatic environment creation, consistent APIs
Establish observability standards that provide distributed tracing, metrics, log aggregation, and error tracking out of the box for every service
Drive cost optimization across platform infrastructure while maintaining performance and reliability standards
Work with senior managers and directors across the Bridge organization to drive operations and strategy
Mentor and develop Staff and Principal engineers, raising the technical bar across the organization
Represent Docker's platform architecture externally through blog posts, conference talks, and technical community engagement
Participate in executive-level discussions on technical strategy, providing architectural perspective on business decisions
Drive build-vs-buy decisions for critical platform components, evaluating vendor solutions against Docker's specific requirements
Qualification
Required
15+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise across multiple platform domains (identity, billing, data, infrastructure)
Proven track record architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users and thousands of enterprise customers
Deep expertise in at least two of: identity/access management systems, billing/monetization platforms, data platforms, or cloud infrastructure
Broad working knowledge across all platform domains with ability to make sound architectural decisions spanning multiple areas
Expert-level understanding of API design, service architecture, and system integration patterns at scale
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern infrastructure patterns (Kubernetes, service mesh, infrastructure-as-code)
Track record of establishing strategic technical plans that directly enabled business outcomes (revenue growth, cost reduction, market expansion)
Experience translating business strategy into technical architecture and roadmaps
Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize investments that provide maximum platform leverage
Understanding of SaaS business models, enterprise sales cycles, and how platform capabilities influence commercial success
Experience making build-vs-buy decisions for critical platform components
Proven ability to drive large cross-company technical programs requiring coordination across multiple engineering organizations
Experience working with VPs and executives to set and execute technical strategy
Track record of influencing technical direction without direct authority—building consensus across teams with different priorities
Strong communication skills with ability to present to executives, influence leadership, and drive alignment at all levels
Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leadership
Experience building platforms that serve enterprise customers with complex governance and compliance requirements
Knowledge of enterprise security requirements, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001), and their architectural implications
Experience with identity federation (OIDC, SAML, SCIM) and enterprise SSO integration at scale
Understanding of enterprise billing complexity—contract management, usage-based pricing, revenue recognition
Preferred
Experience at developer tools, infrastructure software, or B2B SaaS companies at significant scale
Background with container technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, or developer productivity platforms
Experience building billing platforms that support multiple pricing models (seat-based, consumption, hybrid)
Track record of successfully migrating legacy systems while maintaining business continuity
Experience with data platform architecture including real-time streaming, data warehousing, and analytics
Knowledge of FinOps and infrastructure cost optimization at scale
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
External recognition as a technical leader (conference speaking, publications, open source contributions)
Benefits
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
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 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
Company
Docker, Inc
At Docker, we simplify the lives of developers who are making world-changing apps.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$435.86MKey Investors
Bain Capital VenturesTribe CapitalInsight Partners
2022-03-31Series C· $105M
2021-03-16Series B· $23M
2019-11-13Series A· $35M
Leadership Team
Jean-Laurent de Morlhon
Vice President of Software Engineering
Dieu Cao
Head Of Product Management
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