Forward Deployed Engineer

Kong
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 192,010 - 274,300 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Ownership","Accountability","Problem-solving"]

Help enterprise customers accelerate adoption of Kong’s API and AI Connectivity platform through hands-on implementation, automation, migration tooling, and production-grade solution engineering. Work alongside customer engineering teams to design and deploy API/AI gateways and related connectivity technologies across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, building reusable accelerators and influencing Kong’s roadmap based on real field learnings.

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Kong
Kong
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Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Help enterprise customers accelerate adoption of Kong’s API and AI Connectivity platform through hands-on implementation, automation, migration tooling, and production-grade solution engineering. Work alongside customer engineering teams to design and deploy API/AI gateways and related connectivity technologies across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, building reusable accelerators and influencing Kong’s roadmap based on real field learnings.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with enterprise customers to design, build, and implement Kong-based solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
  • •Lead hands-on implementation of API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies.
  • •Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators to simplify adoption and modernization.
  • •Drive migration initiatives from legacy API management platforms to Kong.
  • •Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, Kubernetes automation, and infrastructure tooling for customer engagements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 192,010 - 274,300 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.
  • •Hands-on experience implementing and building solutions involving 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.
  • •Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua, plus proficiency with Linux, networking, and DevOps practices.
Experience:8+ yearsEnterprise SaaSAPI managementMiddlewareOpen sourceInfrastructure software
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationOwnershipAccountabilityProblem-solving
Tech Stack:KongAPI gatewaysAI gatewaysService meshDeveloper portalsKubernetesCI/CDAutomation frameworksMigration toolingLinuxNetworkingDevOpsCloud infrastructureAWSAzureGCPPythonGoJavaJavaScript

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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