Docker, Inc
Docker helps developers bring their ideas to life by conquering the complexity of app development.
Staff Software Engineer, Clojure
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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