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The Senior Manager, Engineering, Docker Agents leads the team responsible for building Docker’s next-generation AI agent capabilities. This team designs and delivers intelligent, containerized agents that enable automation, adaptive workflows, and real-world AI usage for developers.

This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. The manager ensures the team delivers reliable, high-impact systems while maintaining a strong engineering culture grounded in trust, learning, and execution.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers working on Docker Agents.

• Define hiring plans, onboarding, career paths, and performance expectations.

• Foster a culture of psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Technical Strategy & Delivery

• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to define the vision, roadmap, and technical direction for agent systems.

• Guide architectural decisions for scalable, secure, and maintainable agent platforms.

• Balance long-term strategy with short-term execution to ensure consistent delivery.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Management, Platform, DevOps, and QA teams to align priorities.

• Advocate for agent capabilities across the Docker ecosystem.

• Ensure smooth integration between agent systems and other Docker products.

Operational Excellence

• Establish and track engineering metrics related to quality, velocity, and reliability.

• Remove blockers and improve developer productivity through better tooling and processes.

• Drive improvements in CI/CD, testing, observability, and system resilience.

Culture & Values

• Model strong leadership behaviors rooted in empathy, clarity, and ownership.

• Promote inclusion, diversity, and fairness in hiring and team development.

• Handle feedback, performance discussions, and prioritization decisions with transparency and respect.

Qualifications

Required

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams.

• Proven ability to lead remote, distributed teams.

• Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, or platform engineering.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and guide teams through evolving requirements.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience working with AI systems, LLMs, or agent-based architectures.

• Background in developer tools, platforms, or infrastructure products.

• Product-oriented mindset with exposure to user-facing engineering decisions.

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Perks

• 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

Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.

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