Senior Software Engineer, IAM

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We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our IAM team. The IAM team owns Docker’s identity backbone: the systems that determine who a user is, what they can do, and how organizations govern access at scale. Every authenticated request to Docker depends on these services—making their correctness, latency, and security foundational to customer trust.

The team owns authentication and authorization, access tokens, OIDC, SSO, and SCIM, and user and account management systems, along with supporting enterprise services. You'll work on systems used by millions of developers and the world's largest organizations, with the governance controls enterprise customers require.

This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys deep backend work in a space where correctness, latency, and security all matter - and where the design decisions you make today shape how Docker scales identity for years to come.

• Design, build, and operate Go services powering authentication, authorization, token handling, and identity lifecycle across Docker

• Extend OIDC, SSO, SAML, and SCIM integrations, and evolve our authorization model (including ReBAC) as permissions scale across products and tenants

• Improve observability, performance, and security posture of identity services on the hot path of every authenticated request, and strengthen audit logging

• Design for multi-region operation, graceful degradation, and safe rollout of changes to critical auth flows

• Lead projects end-to-end, contribute to technical design and long-term direction of the IAM platform, and mentor teammates in identity and security domains

• Partner with Product, Security, and engineering teams that depend on IAM primitives to ensure our APIs are clear, safe, and easy to adopt

• This role may require participation in an on-call rotation to provide support outside of standard business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed.

Beyond steady-state ownership of our identity services, you’ll help shape the next phase of Docker’s IAM platform, including evolving our authorization model for fine-grained, cross-product access, expanding support for enterprise identity integrations, and improving the reliability and observability of systems on the critical request path.

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience building and operating production services

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• Strong proficiency in Go, including building and operating services in production

• Solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL - schema design, query performance, migrations, and operating Postgres under real load

• Experience with gRPC and event-driven systems using Kafka (or comparable)

• Experience operating on AWS

• Strong understanding of core identity and security concepts: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, token lifecycle, and session management

• Experience with authorization models, including RBAC and ReBAC-style approaches

• Track record of designing and operating distributed systems where reliability, security, and correctness are first-class concerns

• Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rotation for services on the critical request path

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a remote, async-first environment

• Production experience with SCIM provisioning and enterprise SSO integrations

• Hands-on experience with Auth0 or similar identity platforms

• Experience building or operating multi-region services and understanding the tradeoffs involved

• Exposure to compliance frameworks relevant to identity (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)

• Experience with audit logging at scale, or with building identity primitives for machine / workload identities

• Get to know the team, our services, and the identity domain at Docker

• Pair with engineers across the IAM stack and ship your first changes to production

• Get comfortable with our Go services, Postgres schemas, CI/CD, and on-call practices

• Own a meaningful component or workstream end-to-end

• Contribute to technical design discussions on auth, tokens, or enterprise identity

• Build strong working relationships with Product, Security, and partner engineering teams

• Begin participating in the on-call rotation with support from the team

• Be a trusted technical leader within IAM, owning a functional area of the platform

• Lead delivery of significant identity initiatives and shape the direction of the IAM roadmap

• Improve reliability, security, and developer experience of the identity primitives other Docker teams depend on

• Mentor teammates and raise the bar on engineering practices across the team

Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.

Compensation & Equity

Canada: CA$225,300 – CA$361,750 + equity

United States: $160,900 – $260,700 + equity

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• Open vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role.

• AI in hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.

• Interview recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.

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• 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.

Docker is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe diverse teams build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our global community.

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