Senior Engineering Manager

Job Summary

Managing a team of engineers, the full-time Senior Engineering Manager will lead the development of Docker's cross-platform runtime for AI workloads, ensuring technical direction, operational excellence, and alignment with product goals in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6-10 engineers building Docker's runtime across Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Own the technical direction and roadmap while ensuring predictable delivery and operational excellence
• Partner closely with product management to align team efforts with business and product goals

Required qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing high-performing engineering teams
• 5+ years of hands-on systems programming experience (hypervisors, container runtimes, OS internals, kernel development)
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep understanding of virtualization concepts and experience with container runtimes or equivalent low-level infrastructure