$192,010 – $274,300
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 seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with Fortune 500 customers on API gateway implementations, cloud migrations, and automation tooling in government and public sector environments. This is a hands-on technical role combining software engineering, architecture, and customer delivery for engineers who enjoy solving complex problems and influencing product direction through field experience.
Our summary, not Kong Company’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Ansible
- CI/CD
- GitOps
- Go
- Helm
- Infrastructure as Code
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Lua
- Microsoft Azure
- Networking
- Python
- Terraform
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, SRE, or software engineering
- 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
- Strong Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps proficiency
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools like Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or GitOps
- US Citizen eligible to support Government/Public Sector Customers
Nice to have
- Prior experience at API Management, Open Source, Middleware, SaaS, or Infrastructure software companies
- Strong builder mindset and ability to solve complex problems with minimal supervision
- Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-moving enterprise environments
- Passion for working directly with customers and delivering measurable outcomes
- Excellent communication and collaboration across technical and executive audiences
- Strong organization, prioritization, and execution skills
- Passion for innovation, modern infrastructure, APIs, AI, and cloud-native technologies
- Team-oriented with strong ownership and accountability