Manager, Engineering, Secure Build, SCS Services

Docker, Inc

Engineering Manager leading Docker’s Secure Build and SCS Services teams. Shaping trusted builds, Docker Scout, Hardened Images and secure software supply-chain capabilities.

Posted 8/26/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$243,250 - CA$347,500 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading high-performing engineering teams, managing complex product roadmaps, and ensuring operational excellence. Proficient in backend systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and fostering team growth while maintaining strong cross-functional communication.

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Team LeadershipBackend EngineeringProduct Roadmap DevelopmentOperational ExcellenceCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsAPIsEvent-Driven ArchitecturesCloud-Native InfrastructureIncident ResponseObservabilitySLOsCI/CDBuild-System Internals

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCross-Functional InfluenceCustomer ClosenessRemote Team Leadership

Tools & Technologies

GoClojureKafkaSpannerDatomicGitHub ActionsDocker ScoutDocker Hardened ImagesBuildKitSandboxing

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceEngineering or Related Field

Industry Keywords

Secure BuildSoftware Supply-Chain SecurityTrust BoundariesOperational LoadPerformance Conversations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ClojureCloudDockerGoKafka

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Secure Build and SCS Services, owning delivery, team health, growth, performance and operational excellence across both
Turn two changing roadmaps into a coherent portfolio plan with explicit priorities, capacity and trade-offs
Create leadership coverage so neither team becomes the permanent second priority
Partner with Product to shape strategy and roadmaps for secure build, Docker Scout, Docker Hardened Images and connecting services
Stay close to technical work through design and code review, incident response and selective hands-on contribution
Ensure technical direction supports product, security, reliability and customer priorities
Own interfaces between teams, including trust boundaries, contracts, data quality, versioning, operational ownership and customer-facing failure modes
Balance new product work with inherited systems and on-call, investing in reliability improvements
Own engineer growth and performance, handle difficult conversations, hire and retain strong people, and build succession depth
Align Product, Design, Security, DHI Content, Registry, Hub, sales, support, commercial and legal partners
Lead disciplined use of AI-assisted engineering and communicate decisions, risks and progress across UK and US working hours
Build relationships and understand both teams' products, customers, architecture, dependencies and operational profiles during the first 30 days
Establish a sustainable operating cadence, ownership and escalation paths, and material improvements during the first 90 days
Deliver predictable outcomes connecting secure build, Scout and Docker Hardened Images while reducing operational risk over one year

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years managing high-performing engineering teams, with meaningful responsibility across more than one team or distinct technical domain
8+ years of professional, hands-on software engineering experience in backend, infrastructure, platform or developer tooling
Experience leading, growing and retaining engineers at or above your own technical seniority, including teams you did not build and difficult performance conversations
Leader-first operating model, with current technical judgement to participate in design and review across unfamiliar systems
Experience prioritising across competing roadmaps, operational load and stakeholder commitments
Strong backend and distributed-systems judgement, including APIs, event-driven architectures, data stores, cloud-native infrastructure and production operations
Understanding of CI or build-system internals, containers and artefact workflows, plus interest in software supply-chain security and trust boundaries
Experience leading teams operating production infrastructure through on-call, incident response, observability, SLOs and reduction of recurring operational load
Strong product judgement and evidence of shaping roadmaps with Product
Clear written and verbal communication, cross-functional influence, customer closeness and comfort leading a remote-first organisation across European and US time zones
Experience with Go, Clojure or both, Kafka, Spanner, Datomic, OCI, BuildKit, Buildx, GitHub Actions, sandboxing, microVMs, untrusted workload execution, multi-tenant infrastructure, SLSA, in-toto, SBOMs, VEX, Sigstore, cosign, provenance, signing or vulnerability scanning is helpful but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.
Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.
Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
Docker swag – Because representing the whale never gets old.
Visa sponsorship considered case-by-case based on business needs.