Docker
Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)
US
UTC-10 to UTC-5 $198k to $319k per year Full time
Lead or Staff
- Where you can live
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Working hours
- Overlap with UTC-10 to UTC-5
- Salary
- USD 198,000 to 319,000 per year
- Posted
- July 27, 2026
Summary from the posting
As a Principal Software Engineer in Networking, you will set the technical direction for the networking stack behind Docker's Sandboxes platform and make architectural decisions that ripple across Docker's product portfolio. Your work will directly enable Docker's expansion into AI and security products.
This role calls for someone who:
Combines deep technical expertise in infrastructure at scale, virtual networking, service mesh, orchestration, and integration across the broader infrastructure stack;
Communicates and collaborates well, thinks critically, and turns ideas into working systems
This is a short summary. The full description, requirements and the application form are on Docker's own career page.