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Docker

docker.com · B2B · Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software.

52open roles
26new in 30 days
26closed in 30 days
50remote-eligible
steadyhiring velocity

What they're building

Agent sandboxes on developer machines and in the cloud, with a dedicated networking and policy layer strong signal

Today: Docker Sandboxes, microVM isolation for agent sessions, local or cloud, including Cloud Sandboxes (website)

Roles: Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Sandboxes (Seattle or SF Bay Area) · Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes (London or East Coast Preferred) · Principal Product Manager, Sandboxes · Staff Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area) · Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)

Requirements mention: sandboxes/microVMs · microVM sandboxes · container networking · policy enforcement · eBPF

Inference: Docker is building out the networking and policy-enforcement layer of its existing Sandboxes platform for agentic workloads.

AI Governance sold through partners, field teams and public sector buyers strong signal

Today: Docker AI Governance, introduced on the site alongside one console for sandbox and MCP policy (website)

Roles: Senior Partner Enablement Manager · Partner Sales Manager, Mid-Enterprise · Principal Sales Engineer, US Public Sector (East Coast Preferred) · Staff Sales Engineer, Strategic Accounts (EMEA)

Requirements mention: AI Governance · co-sell readiness · policy-as-code · AI Governance and Security Thought leadership

Inference: go-to-market is being organised around AI Governance as the lead offer, with partners and US federal agencies named in the postings.

Secure build and software supply chain services strong signal

Today: Docker Hardened Images and Docker Build Cloud (named in role descriptions); site lists signed, SLSA Level 3 images

Roles: Manager, Engineering, Secure Build and SCS Services (East Coast Preferred) · Senior Software Engineer, Secure Build · Senior Supply Chain Security Engineer (East Coast Preferred) · Senior Principal Software Engineer, Docker and Ecosystem

Requirements mention: artifact signing and verification · provenance and attestation · reproducible builds · SLSA · cosign

Inference: the Secure Build posting names 'the next generation of trusted build and CI capabilities' as the team's next work.

Professional Services for enterprise agentic deployments moderate signal

Today: Enterprise deployments of Docker's products; postings say Docker is launching a Professional Services organization

Roles: Principal Solutions Architect, Professional Services (West Coast Preferred) · Principal Solutions Architect, Professional Services · Delivery Program Manager, Professional Services

Requirements mention: architecting and deploying self-hosted and air-gapped deployment architectures · forward deployed engineering services · Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Inference: the new team will do hands-on delivery of self-hosted, air-gapped and identity-integrated enterprise deployments for agentic workloads.

Internal platform and developer tooling moderate signal

Today: The platform underneath Docker's products and Docker's internal developer platform (Infrastructure and Developer Tools postings)

Roles: Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure · Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure · Principal Software Engineer, Developer Tools (US West Coast)

Requirements mention: GitOps with Argo CD · progressive rollout · canaries · EKS · AI agent development

Inference: Docker is investing so that a new region or application environment can be stood up in hours rather than days; the Developer Tools posting adds that internal tools may later become customer-facing products.

MCP Gateway for connecting and securing AI agents and tools weak signal

Today: MCP Gateway, named as the AI Tools and Security team's flagship product; site lists signed MCP servers

Roles: Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools and Security (Seattle or SF Bay Area)

Requirements mention: distributed systems · cloud-native systems · SLOs

No inference drawn: a single posting with general engineering requirements.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Engineering22
Sales13
General & Administrative7
Products4
Customer Success4
Security1
Marketing1

Sales holds 30 of 62 open roles and Engineering 19, with 19 roles opened in the last 30 days and none closed; the data gives no total headcount.

Who they need

Seniority: Senior-heavy: 28 senior, 11 principal, 9 staff, 10 mid, 2 manager, 2 junior.

Skills named most: Docker Scout, Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, Salesforce, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Go, Outreach, observability, CI/CD

Locations: 60 of 62 roles are remote; postings span the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia. The Office Manager role in Seattle is on-site, and the Staff Software Engineer, Docker AI Substrate role is listed for Palo Alto or Seattle with remote status not stated.

How to use this

If you're applying: Match your background to the quoted requirement phrases. The sandbox, networking, Kubernetes controller (AI Substrate) and secure build roles name the most specific skills. Two Billing roles cover usage-based billing and entitlement. Open roles are mostly senior or above.

If you're selling or recruiting: 19 roles opened in the last 30 days and none closed in that period. Sales and partner roles centre on AI Governance, and Professional Services is a newly launched team. Lead with the exact role title and the requirement it names. Total headcount and funding are not in the data.

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Open roles (52)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Principal Forward Deployed EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco, CA (remote)2026-10-22
Sales Operations ManagerSalesCanada (remote)2026-10-21
Executive AssistantGeneral & AdministrativeUnited States (remote)2026-10-20
Executive Assistant General & AdministrativeUnited States (remote)2026-10-20
Principal Product Manager, AI GatewayProductsSan Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA (remote)2026-10-20
Principal Product Manager, DHIProductsSan Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA (remote)2026-10-19
Principal Product ManagerProductsCanada (remote)2026-10-19
Senior Software Engineer, AI GatewayEngineeringSan Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA (remote)2026-10-15
Staff Software Engineer, AI GatewayEngineeringSan Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA (remote)2026-10-15
Legal Operations AnalystGeneral & AdministrativeCanada (remote)2026-10-14
Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer ToolsEngineeringSan Francisco, CA (remote)2026-10-14
Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ToolsEngineeringSan Francisco, CA (remote)2026-10-14
Director, Partner Solution EngineerSalesCanada (remote)2026-10-12
Senior Principal Engineer, Docker and EcosystemEngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2026-10-12
Sales Operations Manager (UK Preferred)SalesEngland (remote)2026-10-12
Delivery Program Manager, Professional ServicesCustomer SuccessUnited Kingdom (remote)2026-10-09
Delivery Program Manager, Professional ServicesCustomer SuccessAustralia (remote)2026-10-09
Staff Software Engineer, Docker AI Substrate (Seattle or Palo Alto)EngineeringPalo Alto, CA or Seattle, WA2026-10-07
Principal Product Manager, SandboxesProductsCanada (remote)2026-10-19
Staff Software Engineer, BillingEngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2026-10-01
Senior Security Engineer, Offensive SecuritySecurityUnited States (remote)2026-10-01
[Contract] Senior Technical Recruiter (PST timezone preferred)General & AdministrativeUnited States (remote)2026-09-30
Senior Principal Software Engineer, NetworkingEngineeringUnited States (remote)2026-09-29
Senior Partner Enablement ManagerSalesCanada (remote)2026-09-28
Senior Lifecycle Marketing ManagerMarketingCanada (remote)2026-09-25
Business Development Representative (EMEA)SalesEngland (remote)2026-09-24
Staff Sales Engineer, Strategic Accounts (EMEA)SalesEngland (remote)2026-09-17
Sales Enablement SpecialistSalesCanada (remote)2026-09-16
Principal Solutions Architect, Professional Services (West Coast Preferred)Customer SuccessCanada (remote)2026-09-10
Partner Sales Manager, Mid-EnterpriseSalesUnited States (remote)2026-09-09
Office ManagerGeneral & AdministrativeSeattle, WA2026-09-08
Senior Marketing GTM Analytics ManagerSalesCanada (remote)2026-09-03
Senior Technical Account Manager SalesCanada (remote)2026-08-31
Principal GSI & SI PartnershipsSalesUnited States (remote)2026-08-28
Principal Solutions Architect, Professional ServicesCustomer SuccessEngland (remote)2026-08-28
Senior Principal Engineer, Central Ops & SystemsGeneral & AdministrativeSeattle, WA (remote)2026-08-27
Manager, Engineering, Secure Build and SCS Services (East Coast Preferred)EngineeringEngland (remote)2026-08-26
Senior Manager, Sales OperationsSalesUnited States (remote)2026-08-20
Staff Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceEngineeringEngland (remote)2026-08-14
Senior Software Engineer, Secure BuildEngineeringEngland (remote)2026-08-14
Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes (London or East Coast Preferred)EngineeringLondon, UK (remote)2026-08-12
Senior Product & Commercial CounselGeneral & AdministrativeUnited States (remote)2026-08-04
Business Development RepresentativeSalesUnited States (remote)2026-07-08
Principal Software Engineer, Developer Tools (US West Coast)EngineeringUnited States (remote)2026-06-26
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Sandboxes (Seattle or SF Bay Area)EngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2026-06-26
Staff Software Engineer, InfrastructureEngineeringCanada (remote)2026-06-08
Senior Supply Chain Security Engineer (East Coast Preferred)EngineeringCanada (remote)2026-05-12
Senior Security Engineer, Docker DesktopEngineeringCanada (remote)2026-04-28
Senior Software Engineer, Billing EngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2026-04-21
Senior Software Engineer, InfrastructureEngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2026-04-03
Staff Backend Engineer, Hub (East Coast)EngineeringUnited States (remote)2025-12-02
Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools and Security (Seattle or SF Bay Area)EngineeringSeattle, WA (remote)2025-11-17