Principal Product Designer – Container Platform

Docker, Inc

Principal Product Designer creating user experiences for Docker's container platform and overseeing end-to-end design processes. Collaborating across teams to enhance developer workflows through innovative solutions.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 $175,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Docker

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end design for the container platform
Distill complex developer workflows into elegant, opinionated solutions
Collaborate and iterate with a cross-functional team of designers, product managers, and engineers
Use AI tools actively throughout the design process for prototyping, synthesis, and iteration
Work across stakeholders to build consensus on a shared product vision
Constructively challenge existing approaches and push for better solutions
Mentor and coach members of the product design team
Partner with senior leadership to design strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven track record influencing product direction and strategy with actionable, research-informed design
Deep experience designing for developer tools, platforms, or infrastructure products
Solid understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods with an ability to synthesize and communicate quickly
Fluency with prototyping, quick visualizations, and iterative development
Demonstrated ability to learn new technology domains and develop strong opinions about them
Excellent project management, communication, and presentation skills
Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring product designers. We currently have a number of staff designers and senior designers and this role is expected to help level up the team as a whole. You’re not working in a silo, but rather defining design practice at Docker
Familiarity with container technologies, DevOps tooling, or infrastructure products

Benefits

Comp & 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 (after 6 months of employment)
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD 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

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Hard Skills & Tools

prototypingvisualizationiterative developmentqualitative research methodsquantitative research methodsdesign strategyinfluencing product directionsynthesis

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationpresentationproject managementmentoringcoachingconstructive challenge