Senior Security Engineer, Docker Desktop

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About the role

  • Senior Security Engineer managing security for Docker Desktop. Collaborating with engineering and security teams to ensure product security and integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineering and product teams throughout the development lifecycle to identify security risks early, from design review through code review and release.
  • Conduct threat modeling and security design reviews for new and evolving product features, with particular focus on authentication, authorization, and container runtime security.
  • Serve as the team's primary liaison to the organization's security group, attending security syncs, relaying guidance, and translating central policy into practical engineering decisions.
  • Act as the first point of contact for incoming vulnerability reports and CVEs: validate severity, reproduce issues, coordinate disclosure timelines, and drive remediation with the relevant engineers.
  • Review Go code with a security mindset, identifying classes of issues such as privilege escalation, insecure defaults, injection risks, and improper credential handling.
  • Contribute security-focused improvements directly to the codebase where appropriate.
  • Develop and maintain internal security documentation, guidelines, and runbooks for the team.
  • Stay current on the Linux security landscape as it pertains to containers: namespaces, cgroups, seccomp, AppArmor, capabilities, and the evolving OCI ecosystem.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in security engineering, application security, or a closely related discipline, with a track record at senior or staff level.
  • Strong proficiency in Go, with the ability to review and contribute to production-grade code.
  • Deep understanding of Linux fundamentals relevant to container security: namespaces, cgroups, capabilities, seccomp profiles, AppArmor/SELinux, rootless containers, and privilege boundaries.
  • Solid grasp of OCI specifications and container runtime security (e.g. runc, containerd, BuildKit).
  • Hands-on experience with identity and access management concepts: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, token handling, and auth flows in desktop or cloud-adjacent contexts.
  • Experience performing security design reviews, threat modeling, and participating in secure development workflows.
  • Familiarity with vulnerability management processes: CVE triage, CVSS scoring, coordinated disclosure, and working with external reporters.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable bridging the gap between a dedicated security team and a product engineering team.

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

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

€133,600 - €217,800 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudLinuxGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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