$175,000 – $235,000
Listed on Kong Company’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Kong is seeking a Senior Staff Product Manager to lead the developer self-service experience for Konnect Developer Portal, a rapidly growing API and AI gateway platform. This role combines product strategy, stakeholder management, and hands-on design work across authentication, configuration, analytics, and UX—ideal for someone who deeply understands developer needs and can ship complex, multi-team product surfaces.
Our summary, not Kong Company’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- 6 to 8 years in product management at B2B SaaS, developer tooling, or platform products
- Deep understanding of developer workflows and hands-on experience building or supporting developer-facing tools or APIs
- Track record shipping complex product surfaces spanning frontend UX, backend integrations, and system design
- Strong collaboration with design and engineering teams
- Ability to define and track success metrics tied to product outcomes and business goals
Nice to have
- 5+ years building developer-focused user experiences
- Experience with APIs, AI, and developers as primary product audience, or practitioner experience
- Experience with API management or gateway platforms as product or practitioner
- Experience using AI to automate product management and development workflows
- Understanding of agentic workflows