Senior Manager, Engineering, Local Runtime
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DockerDeveloper Tooling
Only open to candidates currently living and working in the East Coast time zone of the US or Canada, East Coast time zoneFull-TimeManager
Salary197,650 - 318,450 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years managing engineering teams; 5+ years systems programming; 8+ years software engineering
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).
- 8+ years of professional, hands-on, full-time software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 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.
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.
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