Forward Deployed Engineer

Kong
New York
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 120,960 - 172,800 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Python","Go","Java","JavaScript","Lua","Kubernetes","Terraform","Helm","Ansible","GitOps","Linux","CI/CD","API gateways","API management"]

Front-to-back engineering role focused on helping enterprise customers implement Kong’s API and AI connectivity platform through hands-on deployments, automation, migrations, and solution engineering in cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.

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Kong
Kong
4 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Front-to-back engineering role focused on helping enterprise customers implement Kong’s API and AI connectivity platform through hands-on deployments, automation, migrations, and solution engineering in cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
Location: New York
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and implement Kong-based solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
  • •Lead hands-on implementation efforts for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies.
  • •Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators to simplify customer adoption and modernization efforts.
  • •Drive migration initiatives from legacy API management platforms to Kong.
  • •Work closely with customer developers, platform teams, architects, security teams, and executives to solve complex technical and operational challenges.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,960 - 172,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, site reliability engineering, or software engineering roles.
  • •Strong hands-on software engineering and implementation experience.
  • •Experience with API gateways, API management, integrations, or distributed systems platforms.
  • •Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure expertise.
  • •Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling.
Experience:8+ yearsAPIsAI connectivityCloud-nativeEnterpriseSaaS
Skills:PythonGoJavaJavaScriptLuaKubernetesTerraformHelmAnsibleGitOpsLinuxCI/CDAPI gatewaysAPI management
Tech Stack:PythonGoJavaJavaScriptLuaKubernetesTerraformHelmAnsibleGitOpsAWSAzureGCPLinuxCI/CDKong

Company Brief

Kong
Provides a cloud-native API and service connectivity platform (Kong Gateway, Konnect, Kuma, Insomnia) that secures, manages, and observes APIs and microservices for enterprises across cloud and hybrid environments.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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Glassdoor: 3.9
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