Docker, Inc

Docker helps developers bring their ideas to life by conquering the complexity of app development.

Staff Software Engineer, Clojure

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

100 days ago

Salary

$200.4K - $275.6K / year

EnglishClojureCloudGo

Job Description

• Lead architecture and design for major backend systems and distributed workflows • Work across teams to define, align, and drive shared technical direction • Design, build, and operate backend services in Clojure and Go with a focus on scalability, security, and resilience • Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to connect technical decisions with business outcomes • Mentor engineers across DevEx and influence engineering practice beyond your team • Drive improvements in observability, performance, and service reliability • Help refine DevEx’s security posture in line with company wide strategy • Represent engineering work clearly to senior stakeholders and other teams • Participate in the on call rotation and improve operational readiness across services • Champion clear communication, documentation, and technical excellence

Job Requirements

  • Deep experience building and operating large-scale backend systems
  • Strong programming abilities in Clojure and Go or equivalent languages
  • Proven ability to drive architectural design and guide multi-team initiatives
  • Strong understanding of cloud native systems, distributed system patterns, and domain-specific libraries
  • Experience influencing technical direction across teams and mentoring senior engineers
  • Ability to articulate tradeoffs and connect technical decisions to product and business needs
  • Comfortable collaborating across engineering, product, design, and other functions
  • Strong written and spoken communication in a remote, async environment

Benefits

  • Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
  • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days
  • 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
  • Quarterly, company-wide hackathons
  • 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

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