Senior Sales Engineer, Strategic (EMEA)

Senior Sales Engineer, Strategic (EMEA) At Docker, we make app development easier so developers can focus on what matters. Our remote-first team spans the globe, united by a passion for innovation and great developer experiences. With over 20 million monthly users and 20 billion image pulls, Docker is the #1 tool for building, sharing, and running apps—trusted by startups and Fortune 100s alike. We’re growing fast and just getting started. Come join us for a whale of a ride! *French fluency is required* We are seeking a highly consultative, commercially minded Senior Solutions Engineer to support our most strategic accounts. This role is a critical technical seller position, owning pre-sales technical strategy, shaping customer requirements early, and influencing outcomes in complex, competitive sales cycles. 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 & Deal Shaping, - Technical Champion Ownership & Thought Leadership, - Customer & Internal Advocacy and - Competitive & Strategic Selling This role reports to the Director of Solutions Engineering and operates at the intersection of technical depth, business acumen, and competitive selling discipline. RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Selling & Deal Shaping: - Lead technical discovery to deeply understand customer business objectives, constraints, success criteria, and buying drivers. - Shape technical requirements early in the sales cycle to align customer outcomes with Docker’s differentiated value. - Design, position, and execute structured PoCs and PoVs, including defining success criteria, evaluation plans, and exit strategies. - Influence customer decision-making through workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and technical executive briefings. - Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business value narratives. Technical Champion Ownership & Thought Leadership: - Build, own, and expand relationships with customer technical champions and influencers. - 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. Customer & 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 & Strategic Selling: - Actively support competitive sales motions by identifying differentiation and influencing evaluation criteria throughout the cycle. - Partner with Sales to develop technical win strategies for strategic and competitive accounts. QUALIFICATIONS - Proven experience as a Solutions Engineer, Sales 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 experience strongly preferred. - Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills. - Willingness to travel to customer sites as required. - Full profes ... (truncated, view full listing at source)