Docker Captains Program

Help steer Docker into the future

We’re on the lookout for passionate developers who love our community just as much as we do.
About the program

What it means to be a Docker Captain

Docker Captains are technical experts and passionate community builders who drive Docker’s ecosystem forward. As active contributors and advocates, they share Docker knowledge and help shape Docker products.
Program perks

Benefits of being a Captain

Becoming a Captain opens up opportunities for career growth, networking, and professional development. Our Captains have a direct line to Docker, get beta access to products, receive Docker swag, enjoy community support, and much more.
icon-visibility

Visibility and recognition

Stand out as a Docker expert. Join exclusive events, access Docker customers, and seize networking and career opportunities.

icon-beta

Beta access

Get your hands on beta versions of Docker products and influence their development. Create unique content before anyone else.

icon-connection

Connection with Docker staff

Directly interact with Docker staff, ask questions, provide feedback, and gain insider insights.

icon-swag

Docker swag and discounts

Receive exclusive Docker swag, special access, and discounts on Docker Pro and partner products.

icon-community

Community support

Join a private Slack channel to connect with other Docker Captains and staff, share ideas, and solve technical issues.

icon-offsite

Annual Captains offsites

Be a part of annual events with Docker Captains and staff. Discuss Docker developments and collaborate on projects.

icon-education

Education budget

Enhance your knowledge and expertise with Docker-related training or courses, covered by an education budget for Captains.

Eligibility criteria

How to become a Docker Captain

  • Must be 18+
  • Show technical expertise in Docker and related technologies
  • Demonstrate active community involvement and thought leadership
  • Provide valuable feedback and ideas for Docker’s products and features
  • Possess a strong online presence with a significant audience or following
  • Have a history of significant contributions to the Docker community
  • Abide by the Docker Community Code of Conduct
    Note: This program is open internationally.
Application requirements

What you need to apply

In addition to the eligibility criteria, Captain applicants should fit into at least one of the following categories:

Docker Advisor

Be endorsed by a member from the Docker engineering or product team, highlighting your proficiency in Docker technologies.

Docker Thought Leader

Demonstrate your influence online, showcasing leadership in the Docker realm.

Docker Community Contributor

Show significant contributions to the Docker community through content creation, event participation, or open-source engagements.

Special exceptions

Sail the extra mile

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, you might still be called for an interview if:

  • You fit multiple categories
  • A Docker member or Captain vouches for you
  • You are part of an underrepresented group
  • You’re located in a geographical region of particular interest
  • Your application is innovative, and you show genuine enthusiasm
Renewal Process

Looking to renew your Captain status?

Docker Captains enjoy a term of one year. To qualify for renewal, Captains need to persistently meet their joining criteria and continuously contribute to the Docker community. Renewals are evaluated by Docker at the end of each term.

More information

Still have questions? Connect with our Developer Relations team in our Community Slack.

Expertise

Location

Available for

Krakow, Poland

Pawel Piwosz

Chorleywood, UK

James Spurin

Helsinki, Finland

Jami Kousa

Norrköping, Sweden

Simon Aronsson

Rockwall, TX, USA

Don Bauer

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kisan Tamang

Cary, USA

Neal Patel

Austin, TX, USA

Lee Calcote

Seattle, WA, USA

Vinicius Apolinario

Batumi, Georgia

Igor Aleksandrov

Kaunas, Lithuania

Julius Lisauskas

Melbourne, Australia

Jorge Arteiro

São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Arruda

Freiburg, Germany

Nicholas Dille

London, UK

Ian Miell

Longmont, USA

Brandon Hunt

Vienna, Austria

Nana Janashia

Rotterdam, Nederland

Kasun Rajapakse

Nashik, India

Nasiullha Chaudhari

Kitchener, Canada

Rishab Kumar

Cheshire, UK

Nigel Poulton

Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Greenberg

Davenport, USA

Shelley Benhoff

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rossana Suarez

Uruguay, Uruguay

Marcos Lilljedahl

Ankara, Turkey

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu

Berlin, Germany

Sergei Shitikov

Pune, India

Sagar Utekar

Ankara, Turkey

Baransel Saginda

Patna, India

Pradumna V Saraf

Hyderabad, India

Prasad Bhalerao

Burdur, Turkey

Furkan Türkal

Bochum, Germany

Camilla Hemmer

Johannesburg, South Africa

Nomthandazo T. Tshuma

Tel Aviv, Israel

Mohammad Hasan Akbari

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mike Smith

Westfield, NJ, USA

Mike Toscano

Quebec, Canada

Hamida Rebai

Vancouver, Canada

Max Proske

Zaragoza, Spain

Angel Borroy

Banglore, India

Md Imran

São Paulo, Brazil

Lucas de Faria Polaquini

Berlin, Germany

Sebastián Ramírez

Mielec, Poland

Damian Naprawa

Basel, Switzerland

Lize Raes

Purcellville, USA

Katoria Henry

New Delhi, India

Saurav Jain

Penang, Malaysia

Sujay Pillai

Visakhapatnam, India

Kunchala Vikram

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sudhendu Pandey

Heredia, Costa Rica

Gerardo Lopez Falcon

Aurangbad, India

Ashutosh S. Bhakare

Bonita, CA, USA

Michele Leroux Bustamante

Austin, TX, USA

Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

Karlsruhe, Germany

Jonas Scholz

Chinsurah, India

Rishi Mondal

Sydney, Australia

Geshan Manandhar

Indore, India

Vinayak Singoriya

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Bret Fisher

São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Sarmento de Araujo

New Delhi, India

Shivay Lamba

São Paulo, Brazil

Rafael Pazini

Banglore, India

Akanksha Buchke

London, UK

Madhu Kumar

London, United Kingdom

Ashraful Alam

Mumbai, India

Yadnesh Nikam

Banglore, India

Rajani Ekunde

Pune, India

Vishal Anarase

Madrid, Spain

Ulises Gascon

Austin, TX, USA

Joseph Velliah

Medellin, Colombia

Maris Botero

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muhammad Suzarilshah bin Zakaria

Ahmedabad, India

Shivlal Sharma

São Paulo, Brasil

Pedro Ignácio Rufo da Silva

Aalborg, Denmark

Martin Terp

Salto, Brazil

Renato Jose Groffe

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cláudio Filipe Lima Rapôso

Ayacucho, Perú

Edith Erika Puclla Pareja

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Carlos Faria

Medellin, Colombia

Esteban Maya Cadavid

San Francisco, CA, USA

Prakhar Srivastav

Limassol, Cyprus

Suleiman Dibirov

Leicester, United Kingdom

Rohit Ghumare

Londrina, Brazil

Bruno Henrique de Brito

Hyderabad, India

Abhishek Veeramalla

Seoul, South Korea

Juyoung Song

Madrid, Spain

Pablo Pérez-Aradros

Castle Douglas, United Kingdom

Oli Sturm

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bobby Iliev

Hyderabad, India

Ajay Kumar Yegireddi

Seoul, South Korea

GeunCheol Yeom

Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Dahal

Berlin, Germany

Alex Pliutau

Amsterdam, Netherlands

James van den Berg

Atlanta, USA

Shawn Wildermuth

Singapore, Singapore

Nilesh Gule

Osaka, Japan

Masahito Zembutsu

Toulouse, France

Aurélie Vache

Golden, CO, USA

Will Crum

Sofia, Bulgaria

Kristiyan Velkov

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Raeveen Pasupathy

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Paloma Lataliza

New York City, NY, USA

Nick Janetakis

Trieste, Italy

Marco Franzon

Montreal, Canada

David Cardozo

Ulm, Germany

Tobias Fenster

Fairfax, VA, USA

Brandon Mitchell

Bucaramanga, Colombia

Yhary Estefania Arias Trillo

Banglore, India

Sangam Biradar

Athens, Greece

Antonis Kalipetis

Durham, NC, USA

Nirmal Mehta

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Camilla Martins

Rome, Italy

Francesco Ciulla

New Orleans, USA

Rajesh Padmakumaran

Ahmedabad, India

Mehul Patel

Bengaluru, India

Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran

Burlington, VT, USA

Julie Lerman

Nonnweiler, Germany

Thorsten Hans

Stezzano, Italy

Ivan Pesenti

Punjab, India

Saloni Narang

Indore, India

Sarthak Shrivastava

Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Pruski

Jaipur, India

Gaurav Sharma

San Diego, CA, USA

Prabesh Thapa

Aparecida, Brazil

Juliana Conde Alvarez

Toronto, Canada

Karan Singh

Pécs, Hungary

Ákos Takács

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabricio Veronez

Sydney, Australia

Hasnae Rehioui

Campinas, Brazil

Marcelo dos Santos Gonçalves

London, UK

Mama Samba Braima Nelson Djalo

Nürnberg, Germany

Timo Stark

Winterthur, Switzerland

Darragh Grealish

Austin, TX, USA

Michael Yuan

São Paulo, Brasil

Denis Cruz Rodrigues

Rome, Italy

Andrea Gallegati

Nabiac, Australia

Scott Coulton

Daegu, South Korea

Justin Yoo

Richmond, USA

Anil Kumar Moka

Quebec, Canada

Julien Maitrehenry

Tokyo, Japan

Seito Horiguchi

Sofia, Bulgaria

Denislav Gavrilov

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Rami Krispin

San Francisco, CA, USA

Alex Iankoulski

Stockholm, Sweden

Mohammed Aboullaite

Provo, UT, USA

Rob Richardson

Vadodara, India

Gauri Yadav

Orlando, FL, USA

Wesley Willians Ramos da Silva

Betim, Brazil

Luiz Carlos

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Julian König

Berlin, Germany

Bodo Eichstädt

Rajkot, India

Harsh Manvar

Istanbul, Turkey

Batuhan Apaydın

Bengaluru, India

Khushboo Verma

Warsaw, Poland

Łukasz Lach

Lisbon, Portugal

Gustavo Adolfo Jr Valverde De Soto

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Arun Gupta

Oslo, Norway

Rustam Mehmandarov

Freiburg, Germany

Jonas Scherer

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sumit Gupta

Copenhagen, Denmark

Lukasz Dynowski

Indore, India

Rashi Dashore

Toronto, Canada

Vladimir Mikhalev

Glasgow, Scotland

Alan Torrance

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Mohammad-Ali A’râbi

Bucharest, Romania

Flavius Dinu

São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Lopes

Nürnberg, Germany

Josua Blejeru

Paris, France

Mazlum Tosun

Fenton, USA

Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy

GLEIZE, France

Rachid Zarouali

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albert Tanure

Take your container security to the next level with Docker

Find the right subscription for your unique security requirements.