Staff Sales Engineer, Strategic Accounts (EMEA) at Docker, Inc in England

Job description

• We're looking for a Staff Sales Engineer who's energized by solving hard, emerging problems at the intersection of AI, security, and software delivery. You will act as a trusted technical advisor and champion owner, partnering closely with Account Executives, Post Sales, and Product teams to drive measurable business and technical value through:
• Technical Selling and Deal Shaping
• AI Governance and Security Thought leadership
• Technical Champion Ownership and Thought Leadership
• Customer and Internal Advocacy
• Competitive and Strategic Selling
• This role suits people who like translating deep technical complexity into business clarity, who are comfortable being one of the first to help define a category, and who bring varied backgrounds and ways of thinking to how we solve customer problems.
• As a Staff Sales Engineer, you will be reporting to the Solutions Engineering leadership team and operate at the intersection of technical depth, business acumen, and competitive selling discipline.

Responsibilities

• Technical Selling and Deal Shaping
• Lead deep technical discovery across Platform Engineering, DevOps, Security, and AI/ML teams to understand:
• AI governance requirements for agentic development (shadow AI, ungoverned MCP tools, agents holding real developer credentials)
• Software supply chain risk posture
• Regulatory and compliance drivers (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI Risk Management Framework)
• 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.
• Sandbox, network, and MCP tool policy enforcement
• Image and artifact integrity (Docker Hardened Images, SLSA Build Level 3 provenance, verifiable SBOMs)
• Software supply chain visibility
• Agent and MCP tool governance controls
• 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.
• AI Governance and Security Thought Leadership
• Responsible AI development practices
• Secure AI model lifecycle management
• Software supply chain integrity (SLSA provenance, SBOMs, verified base images)
• Container and artifact security
• DevSecOps best practices
• Guide customers in implementing governance controls across AI-enabled SDLC workflows.
• Agentic AI development environments and runtime isolation (sandboxing)
• Policy-as-code enforcement across agents, tools, and machines
• MCP tool governance and allow-listing
• Identity and access governance for AI workloads (IdP-based role and policy assignment)
• Audit, logging, and SIEM visibility for agent activity
• Act as a subject matter expert on secure software supply chain and AI security trends in customer-facing engagements.
• Technical Champion Ownership and Thought Leadership
• 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 the initial sale, ensuring outcomes are realized and leveraging insights to support future sales motions.
• Customer and Internal Advocacy
• 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.
• Competitive and Strategic Selling
• 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.

Requirements

• We know strong candidates come from a range of paths, and that confidence gaps keep some excellent candidates from applying to roles like this. If you meet most of what's below and are excited about the rest, please apply.
• Experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or Solutions 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, including security and platform leadership.
• 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 development, software development lifecycle, and/or software supply chain experience strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with AI governance, secure software supply chain (SLSA, SBOMs), MCP or agentic tooling, and DevSecOps practices strongly preferred.
• Must be fluent in English.
• Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites up to 25%.

Skills

Required

• Sales Engineering
• Solutions Engineering
• Solutions Architecture
• Competitive PoCs/PoVs
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Containers
• DevOps
• Modern application architectures
• English fluency
• Communication
• Influence
• Stakeholder management

Preferred

• Docker
• Container ecosystems
• Agentic AI development
• Software development lifecycle
• Software supply chain
• AI governance
• SLSA
• SBOMs

Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.
• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
• Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.
• Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
• Docker swag – Because representing the whale never gets old.
• EU: €141,400– €202,000 OTE + equity
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