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Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)

Washington: eligible, according to the employer's posting.
Who can apply: Only open to applicants in: Washington.
Location as listed by the employer: “San Francisco Bay Area; Seattle, WA”
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About this role

Docker is hiring for a Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area) role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience building and leading large-scale cloud or distributed systems, with a focus on networking foundations
  • Track record of driving technical consensus and delivering high-quality infrastructure software at scale, on tight timelines
  • Experience with microservices architecture, container networking, service mesh, policy enforcement, and container orchestration
  • Experience with kernel and user-space networking technologies, including Linux networking, OVS/OVN, DPDK, and eBPF
  • Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and observable networking infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and related scalability patterns
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code tooling
  • Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in distributed environments

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.