Field CTO @Docker

Overview

The Field CTO at Docker serves as the senior technical voice within the global sales and customer organization. This role acts as a trusted advisor to strategic customers, aligning Docker's platform capabilities with their modernization, AI, and software supply chain initiatives.

Key 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 them 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, ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and customer outcomes.
• Mentor Solutions Engineers and Technical Account Managers.
• Develop reusable strategic narratives and technical blueprints for the field.
• Partner with Marketing to shape external messaging and thought leadership content.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, including significant time in customer-facing or leadership roles.
• 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 an ability to influence at the C-suite level.
• Strong commercial orientation linking technical decisions to revenue outcomes.

Benefits

• Remote-first design with flexibility to manage your schedule.
• Generous PTO, quarterly Whaleness Days, and designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office support and technology stipend of US$100 net per month.
• Annual stipend for learning and development opportunities.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Equity for all full-time employees.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, retirement, and paid holidays.
• Docker swag to represent the brand.

Location

This is a remote role.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can apply through the official Docker career page.

Deadline

No application deadline stated.