Kong

4 weeks ago

Senior Solutions Engineer

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Job Summary

Sales-focused engineering role building and evangelizing Kong's API management platform. Lead technical discussions with Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives, support PoCs, train customers, and create technical documentation. Strong preference for open source background, cloud computing knowledge, and experience in SAAS/enterprise software environments.

Location: Paris

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management platform.
•Understand and help establish customer requirements and grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production.
•Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process.
•Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across assigned set of accounts.
•Prioritise customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs.

Key Requirements

•7+ years software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience in SAAS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company.

Experience:7+ yearsSaaSOpen SourceEnterprise Software

Skills:CommunicationListeningPresentationCollaborationCustomer focus

Tech Stack:NGINXDockerHTTPAWSPostgresCassandraKubernetesDCOS/MesosDocker SwarmLinux

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

Glassdoor: 3.9

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Kong

4 weeks ago

Senior Solutions Engineer

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Paris

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management platform.
•Understand and help establish customer requirements and grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production.
•Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process.
•Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across assigned set of accounts.
•Prioritise customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs.

Key Requirements

•7+ years software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience in SAAS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company.

Experience:7+ yearsSaaSOpen SourceEnterprise Software

Skills:CommunicationListeningPresentationCollaborationCustomer focus

Tech Stack:NGINXDockerHTTPAWSPostgresCassandraKubernetesDCOS/MesosDocker SwarmLinux

Company Brief

Kong

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

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor