Senior Software Engineer, Growth
Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.
We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Growth to join our Software Engineering Team focussed on growth and experimentation initiatives. This role will partner closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and PLG to build, launch, and optimize high-impact growth experiments across Docker products and also build the CX for common Docker surfaces.
This is a full-stack software engineering role with a growth lens, focused on delivering measurable business outcomes like increased activation, retention, and expansion—by writing high-quality, production-grade code, instrumenting the right signals, and turning data into product improvements that millions of developers feel.
Responsibilities
Build and ship behavior-based user experiences that drive onboarding, activation, checkout flows and retention across Docker’s product suite.
Design and implement end-to-end growth experiments—from hypothesis to implementation to post-launch analysis.
Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and Ops teams to deliver high-velocity experiments that improve core funnel metrics.
Write production-grade code across Docker’s stack, including frontend (React/JavaScript), backend (Go/Python), and cloud services.
Leverage A/B testing frameworks and in-app engagement tools to optimize personalized user journeys.
Share experiment outcomes, insights, and next-step recommendations with stakeholders across product and business functions.
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
Qualifications
Required
6+ years of software engineering experience, including exposure to growth engineering, experimentation systems, Data engineering , product-focused development.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for building user-facing product experiences and go for backend services
Hands-on experience implementing A/B tests and feature flags in production environments.
Familiarity with analytics and experimentation tools such as Adobe Target, Unleash, or Looker.
Comfortable working across the full stack — front end and backend
Experience with Snowflake , redshift or similar data warehouse tooling for querying experiment results.
Familiarity working on AI solutions and data pipelines
How You Work
Strong communicator and collaborator with a pragmatic and flexible approach to experimentation and iteration.
Outcome-oriented and self-directed, with a passion for improving developer experience and product usability at scale.
Execution-focused and thorough — you care about shipping clean, well-instrumented code, not just shipping fast.
Comfortable with ambiguity as well as precise requirements.
Works well with and builds trust across all organizations at any level.
Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.
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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