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    Senior Sales Engineer, Strategic Accounts (US West Coast)

    Docker
    CanadaUnited States
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    17 days ago
    💰$ 195,200 - $ 244,000
    remoteseniorsales engineerstrategic accountsAI governancecontainer securitysoftware supply chaintechnical sales

    Requirements

    • Proven experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or Solution Architect in complex enterprise sales
    • Strong experience running competitive PoCs/PoVs with clearly defined success and exit criteria
    • Ability to engage credibly with senior technical and business stakeholders
    • Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers, DevOps, and modern application architectures
    • Experience with Docker, container ecosystems, or adjacent technologies strongly preferred
    • Development, Agentic AI dev, Software Development Lifecycle and/or Software Supply Chain experience strongly preferred
    • Must be fluent in English
    • Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills
    • Willingness to travel to customer sites up to 25%

    What You'll Do

    • Lead deep technical discovery across Platform Engineering, DevOps, Security, and AI/ML teams to understand AI governance requirements, software supply chain risk posture, regulatory and compliance drivers, and secure development lifecycle requirements
    • Shape technical requirements early in the sales cycle to align customer outcomes with Docker’s differentiated value in AI governance, container security, and software supply chain integrity
    • Design, position, and execute structured PoCs/PoVs focused on policy enforcement, image and artifact integrity, SBOM visibility, AI workload governance controls, and secure build pipelines
    • Define clear success criteria, evaluation frameworks, and executive-ready value summaries
    • Influence decision-making through demos, workshops, architecture reviews, and technical executive briefings
    • Translate complex AI security and governance capabilities into clear business value narratives for CISOs, Heads of Platform Engineering, and AI leaders
    • Establish credibility as a trusted advisor on responsible AI development practices, secure AI model lifecycle management, software supply chain integrity, container and artifact security, and DevSecOps best practices
    • Guide customers in implementing governance controls across AI-enabled SDLC workflows
    • Provide architectural guidance for agentic AI development environments, policy-as-code enforcement, and identity and access governance for AI workloads
    • Act as a subject matter expert on secure software supply chain and AI security trends in customer-facing engagements
    • Build, own, and expand relationships with technical champions across Security, DevOps, Platform, and AI teams
    • Establish credibility as a trusted advisor through technical thought leadership, architectural guidance, and industry best practices
    • Leverage champion relationships to influence broader buying groups, shape requirements, and uncover cross-sell and expansion opportunities
    • Maintain engagement beyond initial sale ensuring outcomes are realized and leveraging insights to support future sales motions
    • Advocate for customer needs with Product and Engineering, providing clear, actionable feedback informed by field experience
    • Coordinate with Post Sales and Support resources to ensure continuity across the customer lifecycle
    • Develop reusable technical assets (workshops, demos, reference architectures, enablement content) to scale impact across accounts
    • Actively support competitive sales motions by identifying differentiation and influencing evaluation criteria throughout the sales cycle
    • Partner with Sales to develop technical win strategies for strategic and competitive accounts

    Benefits

    • Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
    • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
    • Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
    • 16 weeks of paid Parental leave
    • Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
    • PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
    • Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
    • Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
    • Docker Swag
    • Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
    • Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris

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