$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
A hands-on engineering role supporting enterprise customers in implementing Kong's API and AI gateway platform, building automation and migration tooling, and solving complex infrastructure challenges. This suits experienced platform or software engineers who want to work directly with Fortune 500 customers on mission-critical modernization projects.
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
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Lua
- Microsoft Azure
- 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
- Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure expertise
- Proficiency in Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua
Nice to have
- Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools like Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or GitOps
- Prior experience in 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