Senior Manager, Engineering – Enterprise
Docker, Inc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $226,600 - $318,500 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformMicroservicesPythonSplunk
About the role
- Build, lead, and scale a high-performing engineering team of 5-8 engineers focused on enterprise governance, access control, and observability systems
- Establish hiring standards and recruit top-tier backend and full-stack engineers with expertise in enterprise SaaS platforms
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, customer obsession, and operational reliability within the team
- Mentor senior and staff engineers, developing next-generation technical leadership within the enterprise platform organization
- Partner with HR and Engineering leadership on career development, performance management, and team growth initiatives
- Identify gaps in team capabilities and processes, recommend solutions, and drive implementation
- Define and execute the long-term technical strategy for Docker's enterprise governance platform, ensuring alignment with Docker's enterprise growth objectives
- Architect and oversee development of the Unified Internal Access Control Endpoint that serves as the single source of truth for permissions, settings, and policies across all Docker products
- Drive technical decisions around RBAC implementation, group management, policy scoping, and enterprise command center capabilities
- Lead development of high-volume audit logging infrastructure and SIEM integrations that meet enterprise compliance requirements
- Establish security frameworks and compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001) that enable enterprise customer adoption
- Translate team and organizational strategic vision into technical execution and roadmap priorities
- Own the operational excellence of enterprise governance systems with stringent uptime requirements for business-critical enterprise workflows
- Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and incident response procedures for access control and policy enforcement systems
- Drive performance optimization to support Docker's growing enterprise customer base and their scale requirements
- Establish robust testing frameworks including automated testing, load testing, and disaster recovery procedures
- Build platform capabilities that enable other Docker product teams to launch enterprise-ready features in weeks rather than months
- Partner with Product Management to translate enterprise customer requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams to unblock enterprise deals by delivering governance capabilities customers require
- Work with Security and Legal teams to ensure compliance with enterprise security requirements and regulatory standards
- Coordinate with Desktop, Hub, AI, and Cloud product teams to ensure seamless integration of governance capabilities across Docker's product ecosystem
- Serve as a subject matter expert on enterprise platform architecture, recognized across the company for good business judgment and partnership
- Drive initiatives that directly address enterprise customer governance gaps, protecting existing revenue and enabling expansion
- Implement self-service administrative capabilities enabling enterprise admins to manage access, policies, and configurations independently
- Establish comprehensive APIs and documentation for internal product teams consuming governance platform services
- Monitor and optimize enterprise customer adoption metrics, policy deployment rates, and administrative efficiency
- Lead efforts to reduce enterprise customer escalations related to governance gaps from current levels to near-zero
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles managing teams of 5+ engineers
- Proven track record building and scaling engineering teams at high-growth technology companies
- Strong people management skills including hiring, performance management, and career development
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Sales, and Enterprise customer stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence executives, present to leadership, and drive alignment across teams
- Demonstrated ability to take organizational strategic vision and translate it into team execution
- Deep expertise in building enterprise SaaS platforms with multi-tenancy and complex access control requirements
- Strong background in authentication, authorization, RBAC, and identity management systems
- Proficiency with modern backend technologies (Go, Python, or similar), microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience designing and building observability systems including audit logging, metrics, and integration with enterprise monitoring tools
- Knowledge of security best practices, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001), and enterprise security requirements
- Familiarity with modern development practices including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring
- Understanding of enterprise software requirements including group management, policy enforcement, and administrative workflows
- Experience supporting large enterprise customers with complex governance and compliance requirements
- Knowledge of SIEM platforms (Splunk, Datadog) and enterprise observability patterns
- Familiarity with identity providers (OIDC, SAML, SCIM) and enterprise SSO integration
- Experience building platform services consumed by other engineering teams
- Experience at developer tools, infrastructure software, or B2B SaaS companies serving enterprise customers
- Background with container technologies, Docker, or developer productivity tooling
- Experience building access control or policy management systems at scale
- Knowledge of enterprise procurement processes and how governance capabilities influence deal cycles
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
- Experience with high-availability systems serving thousands of enterprise organizations
- Track record of reducing time-to-market for enterprise features through platform investments
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software engineeringtechnical leadershipenterprise SaaS platformsRBACauthenticationauthorizationGoPythonmicroservices architecturecloud platforms
Soft skills
people managementcommunicationinfluenceteam executionperformance managementcareer developmentcross-functional collaborationmentoringstrategic vision translationcustomer obsession
Certifications
SOC 2ISO 27001advanced degree in Computer Scienceadvanced degree in Engineering