Field CTO

Responsibilities

• Serve as Docker’s senior customer-facing technology advocate, shaping the technical vision in key enterprise accounts and partnerships.
• Act as a strategic advisor to CxOs, helping define and realize outcomes around developer productivity, secure software supply chains, and AI-driven development.
• Partner with Sales leadership to accelerate large, complex opportunities by guiding technical alignment and executive confidence in Docker’s architecture and roadmap.
• Represent Docker externally at industry events, executive briefings, and partner engagements.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to provide strategic customer feedback that influences roadmap priorities.
• Build trusted relationships across key accounts, aligning technical capabilities with customer outcomes.
• Mentor Solutions Engineers and Technical Account Managers, raising technical sales acumen and executive communication.
• Develop reusable strategic narratives and technical blueprints for outcome-oriented field engagement.
• Partner with Marketing to shape external messaging and thought leadership content.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, including significant customer-facing or internally facing leadership experience in roles such as Field CTO, Principal Architect, or Distinguished Engineer.
• Proven success engaging executive stakeholders to align technology strategy with business outcomes.
• Deep understanding of modern application architectures, containers, and developer platforms.
• Expertise in software supply chain security, developer productivity, and AI/ML infrastructure.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at the C-suite level.
• Strong commercial and business orientation, with the ability to link technical decisions to revenue outcomes.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with or building on Docker, Kubernetes, or container-native platforms.
• Familiarity with large-scale CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, and multi-cloud deployments.
• Experience with generative AI or agentic tooling platforms, including security, orchestration, and configuration.
• Prior experience in pre-sales, solutions architecture, or technical evangelism.
• Thought leadership experience through conferences, blogs, or open-source contributions.

Compensation & Benefits

• EU compensation: €200K–€286K OTE plus equity.
• Remote-first culture with offices in Seattle and Paris.
• Freedom and flexibility to work around your life.
• Designated quarterly Whaleness Days and an end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office setup.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net per month.
• PTO plan.
• Training stipend for conferences, courses, and classes.
• Equity participation.
• Docker Swag.
• Medical benefits, retirement, and holidays vary by country.
• Docker does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.