# Field CTO

**Company:** [Docker](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/docker)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Sales Engineering
**Salary:** €200k – €286k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Docker, Kubernetes, Containers, CI/CD, Cloud-Native Architecture, Multi-Cloud, Software Supply Chain Security, Developer Platforms, Developer Productivity, Ai/Ml Infrastructure, Generative AI, Agentic Tooling, Solutions Architecture, Technical Evangelism, Open Source
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> The Field CTO serves as Docker’s senior customer-facing technical advisor, guiding enterprise executives on modernization, AI, developer productivity, and software supply chain initiatives. The role requires 15+ years in enterprise technology, executive communication, architectural depth, and commercial acumen.

## Job Description

## 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.

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