Docker
Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes (London or East Coast Preferred)
$161K–$261K
London, UK +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Location
- London, UK
United States - Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.
About the job
Build and lead Docker’s secure local sandbox runtime so AI coding agents can work in isolated environments across developers’ machines.
What you'll do
- Improve the sandboxes product across agent integration, tool permissions, and developer workflows; resolve correctness, performance, and stability issues across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- Drive reliability and performance of sandbox creation, session management, and teardown; collaborate on architecture and technical direction.
- Mentor engineers, contribute to design and code reviews, engage with open-source communities, and participate in on-call rotations.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated technical leadership on production systems at scale.
- Experience building developer tools, desktop applications, or runtime infrastructure used directly by developers.
- Ability to reason about isolation and security boundaries and experience driving architecture and technical strategy across multiple engineers or teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Pay
$160,900 – $260,700 USD base salary
Tools
Docker, macOS, Windows, Linux, Claude Code, Codex, MCP
AI focus
Build and improve isolated sandbox environments for AI coding agents, including agent integration, tool permissions, and reliable sandbox lifecycle management.
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