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Kong Inc.

Forward Deployed Engineer

Kong Inc.

. Partner directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and implement Kong-based solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments .

Posted 9/16/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $192,010 - $274,300 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in designing and implementing Kong-based solutions, with strong expertise in API gateways, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure. Proficient in building automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines while effectively collaborating with diverse teams to drive customer success.

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Kong-Based Solutions ImplementationAPI Gateway ExpertiseKubernetes AutomationCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure Proficiency

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Hard Skills
PythonGoJavaJavaScriptLuaLinuxNetworkingDevOps PracticesInfrastructure-as-CodeAutomation Tooling
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCollaboration SkillsStrong PrioritizationExecution SkillsProblem-Solving Ability
Tools & Technologies
AWSAzureGCPTerraformHelmAnsibleGitOpsAPI Management PlatformsService MeshDeveloper Portals
Industry Keywords
Open SourceMiddlewareSaaSInfrastructure SoftwareCloud-Native Transformation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxLuaOpen SourcePythonTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Partner directly with enterprise customers to design, build, and implement Kong-based solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments
  • Lead hands-on implementation efforts for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies
  • Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, custom integrations, and reusable accelerators
  • Drive migrations from legacy API management platforms to Kong
  • Work with customer developers, platform teams, architects, security teams, and executives to solve technical and operational challenges
  • Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, Kubernetes automation, and infrastructure tooling
  • Collaborate with Kong Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap priorities
  • Create reusable best practices, technical assets, reference architectures, documentation, and design patterns
  • Support customer initiatives involving AI connectivity, governance, platform modernization, and cloud-native transformation

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, site reliability engineering, or software engineering roles
  • 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
  • Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling
  • Strong proficiency in Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Programming experience in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tooling such as Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or GitOps frameworks
  • Prior experience in API Management, Open Source, Middleware, SaaS, or Infrastructure software companies highly preferred
  • Ability to solve complex technical problems with minimal supervision
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving enterprise environments
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and executive audiences
  • Strong prioritization and execution skills
  • Passion for innovation, modern infrastructure, APIs, AI, and cloud-native technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Bonus
  • Healthcare benefits
  • 401(k) plan
  • Short- and long-term disability benefits
  • Basic life and AD&D insurance
  • Exposure to cutting-edge cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, AI connectivity, automation frameworks, and large-scale enterprise architectures
  • Professional and technical growth opportunities
  • Impactful work with Fortune 50/500 customers