Senior Engineering Manager leading a team of ~12 engineers for Instacart's Retailer Platform. Focus on technical consolidation and enterprise data compliance for growth in international markets.
About the role
- Senior Engineering Manager leading Docker's runtime for AI workloads across platforms. Managing technical direction, team dynamics, and ensuring operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of 6–10 engineers building Docker's cross-platform runtime across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Own the technical direction and roadmap.
- Partner closely with product management to align the team with business and product goals.
- Ensure predictable delivery and operational excellence across the components the team ships.
- Hire and retain top systems engineering talent.
- Hold a high bar for engineering excellence.
- Facilitate communication across teams and provide status reporting for critical projects.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience managing high-performing engineering teams
- 5+ years of hands-on systems programming experience (hypervisors, container runtimes, OS internals, kernel development, or similar low-level infrastructure)
- Deep understanding of virtualization concepts: VMMs, hypervisors, and hardware-assisted virtualization
- Experience with container runtimes (OCI, containerd, runc) or equivalent low-level infrastructure
- Cross-platform systems experience across two or more of: Windows, macOS, Linux
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable with a high degree of autonomy and the ability to work remotely across time zones.
Benefits
- Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
- Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
- 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
- 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
- Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris
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