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Lead technical vision and architecture for Dockers Developer Tools: build a self-service internal platform, CI/CD and build systems, integrate AI/LLM agents, set SDLC tenets, establish standards for observability, security, reliability, and productize internal tooling into customer offerings.

Lead and implement backend and developer-experience initiatives across Clojure and Go systems. Define architecture, build and operate distributed services, event pipelines, databases and APIs, improve observability and reliability, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-team delivery from ambiguity to measurable outcomes while participating in on-call rotation.

Design, build, and operate Go-based services powering Docker's secure build and CI infrastructure. Deliver isolation, identity, policy, provenance, attestation and signing capabilities, improve reliability of Docker Build Cloud and Auto Builds, own features end-to-end, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate with product, security, and platform teams to produce secure, reproducible developer and agent workflows.

The Account Executive, Strategic is responsible for managing key strategic accounts, developing plans to increase revenue, ensuring client satisfaction, achieving sales quotas, conducting market analysis, and leading contract negotiations with a focus on long-term relationships.

Lead architecture and long-term technical direction for Docker Hardened Images (DHI). Define platform standards for image and Helm chart hardening, supply-chain posture (SBOM, SLSA, signing), and distribution. Drive cross-functional roadmaps, resolve ambiguous packaging/security problems, influence upstream OSS, mentor senior engineers, shape test and tooling strategy, and participate in on-call incident response.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll develop, deploy, and monitor microservices, enforce security policies, and improve automation tooling.

Manage a team of engineers building Docker's runtime for AI workloads, oversee technical direction, and ensure operational excellence in cross-platform environments.

Design, build, and own disposable isolated microVM sandboxes and related runtime infrastructure for AI coding agents. Improve reliability, performance, and security across macOS, Windows, and Linux; lead architecture, mentor engineers, engage open-source communities, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with Product and adjacent teams.

Serve as a senior HR business partner for Revenue, advising leaders on org design, workforce planning, performance, talent, compensation, employee relations, and engagement. Build trust with leaders, use data to surface risks and trends, support global teams, drive core people processes, and contribute to scalable People Team programs.

Post-sales technical subject matter expert who designs and delivers 1:many enablement, builds reusable PoC frameworks, produces advanced technical content, and provides architectural guidance to scale Docker adoption across customer cohorts.