[Hiring] Senior Engineering Manager, Coding Agent Sandboxes @Docker

Role Description

Docker is at the center of redefining software development, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default. The sbx team is building Docker's sandboxing product—a solution that lets AI agents run safely and at scale, with strong isolation and enterprise-grade governance built in. In this role, you would manage the team responsible for taking sbx from an exciting new product to something customers rely on every day. This means:

• Leading a team of engineers building and scaling the sbx product.
• Owning the customer experience—from first run to enterprise deployment.
• Aligning the team with business and product goals by working closely with product management.
• Driving the product roadmap and ensuring it reflects what customers actually need.
• Ensuring predictable delivery and operational excellence of the components the team ships.
• Facilitating communication across teams and status reporting for critical projects.
• Hiring and retaining talent.
• Holding a high bar for engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing a high-performing team.
• 5+ years experience as a software developer.
• Track record of shipping products that succeeded in market—not just products that shipped.
• Strong instinct for UX and a history of advocating for the customer in technical decisions.
• Experience working with enterprise customers or building products with enterprise requirements (security, governance, compliance).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable with a high degree of autonomy and the ability to work remotely across time zones.

Requirements

• Understand the team mission and how sbx fits into Docker's broader strategy within the first 30 days.
• Meet the team along with peers across the company.
• Start line managing reports and building a rapport.
• Get hands-on with the product—use it, break it, talk to early customers about it.
• Participate in status reporting.
• Work with the team to align on goals and measures of success within the first 90 days.
• Start career discussions with reports.
• Attend customer calls and develop a point of view on what the product needs to win.
• Work with the team to sharpen their processes and delivery cadence.
• Oversee the delivery of a change or feature.
• Start hiring for the team (if needed).
• Be the driving force behind sbx gaining traction with customers within the first year.
• Shape the long-term direction of the product based on real customer signal.
• Have a sustained, positive impact on reports.

Benefits

• 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.
• Technology stipend equivalent to $100 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.