Docker
Director, Partner Solution Engineer
$226K–$468K
Canada +1 · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Location
- Canada
United States - Experience
- 8+ years in relevant technical leadership; minimum 5 years in management.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
About the job
Leads Docker’s Partner Solution Engineering organization, building partner technical readiness and scalable programs that support integrations, joint go-to-market execution, and customer success.
What you'll do
- Lead, develop, and scale a team of Partner Solution Engineers across partner segments.
- Create repeatable partner enablement programs, technical content, and solution-validation methods.
- Coordinate joint sales and technical initiatives with Partner Sales, Product, Engineering, and Technical Alliances.
What they ask for
- 8+ years leading technical partner engineering, partner solutions, or pre-sales teams in distributed systems, developer platforms, or cloud infrastructure companies.
- Minimum of 5 years in management, including hiring, mentoring, and scaling partner-facing technical teams.
- Experience guiding channel partnerships, strategic alliances, and joint go-to-market initiatives; deep understanding of ISVs, CSPs, Systems Integrators, and VARs.
- Strong expertise in software supply chain security, DevOps, DevSecOps, or developer productivity, plus containerization, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tools.
Nice to have
- Operational experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or similar container-based platforms.
- Experience with application security, AI integrations or agent development, partner operations tools, or direct and channel sales models.
Pay
CA$327.6K– CA$468K OTE (total pay); $226.1K – $323K OTE (total pay)
Tools
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Salesforce, Looker, MindTickle
AI focus
The role may enable partners working with coding assistants, AI integrations, or AI agent development; Docker’s broader work supports secure, sandboxed environments for AI agent workflows.
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