Forward Deployed Engineer

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

Join Kong’s Professional Services team as a Forward Deployed Engineer, working directly with enterprise engineering teams to implement and automate Kong-based solutions. You’ll lead hands-on deployments for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, and developer portals, build migration tooling and reusable accelerators, and deliver production-grade code and integrations in real-world cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.

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Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Join Kong’s Professional Services team as a Forward Deployed Engineer, working directly with enterprise engineering teams to implement and automate Kong-based solutions. You’ll lead hands-on deployments for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, and developer portals, build migration tooling and reusable accelerators, and deliver production-grade code and integrations in real-world cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
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-premise environments.
  • •Lead hands-on implementation for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and connectivity technologies.
  • •Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators to drive adoption and modernization.
  • •Drive migrations from legacy API management platforms to Kong.
  • •Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, Kubernetes automation, and infrastructure tooling, collaborating with customer and Kong teams to resolve technical challenges.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 192,010 - 274,300 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, site reliability engineering, or software engineering.
  • •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, including CI/CD, deployment tooling, and automation frameworks.
  • •Proficiency in Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices; experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; and programming in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua.
Experience:8+ yearsEnterpriseSaaSInfrastructure softwarePlatform engineeringOpen source
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingOwnershipPrioritization
Tech Stack:APIsAI connectivityService meshDeveloper portalsKubernetesLinuxAWSAzureGCPPythonGoJavaJavaScriptLuaTerraformHelmAnsibleGitOpsCI/CDAutomation frameworks

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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