Software Engineer

Role Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will propose, prototype, and eventually publish tools and features to solve problems, such as:

• How can we ensure consistency and accessibility across Docker products?

• What do frontend engineers need out of their tools to ensure high velocity and a pain-free development experience?

• What architectural issues affect frontend engineers the most?
 You will collaborate with UX designers and engineers to design a reusable component library, adhering to our design system and accessibility needs. You will help migrate the codebase and guide architectural improvements and discussions. You will lead the frontend community of practice in discussions and in collaboration on tech initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead or contribute to the design and architectural improvements that enhance the frontend reliability and consistency in Docker Hub and Docker Desktop

• Work across teams, guiding migrations and working at times directly with other teams with technical implementation

• Write, review, maintain, and document JavaScript/TypeScript code

• Establish best practices and ensure they are upheld

• Write unit, integration, and e2e tests

• Deploy code to production, and own the product throughout the lifecycle

• Demonstrate open collaboration across teams and take ownership of supporting the internal engineering needs of the team

• Participate in 12-hour daytime on-call shifts for one week every 2-6 months, with additional pay


Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience building SaaS applications

• 5+ years with JavaScript

• 3+ years with React, preferably with static typing (TypeScript, Flow)

• 1+ years with writing backends or working with backend engineers on a team a plus

• Knowledge of security best practices

• Experience with design systems, Storybook a plus

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred, or GCP, Azure), databases (Postgres preferred, or MySQL, etc.) a plus

• Strong verbal and written English skills

• Desire to work on autonomous teams

• Demonstration of collaboration across teams

• Ability and interest in working at a fully remote company crossing international time zones

• Past demonstrations of proactively working outside of this job description

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