Kong
Forward Deployed Engineer
About this role
Kong seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with enterprise customers on implementing API and AI connectivity solutions. You'll combine hands-on engineering with customer collaboration to drive migrations, build automation, and deliver production-grade implementations across cloud-native environments.
What you'll do
- Design and implement Kong-based API gateway and AI connectivity solutions for enterprise customers
- Lead migrations from legacy API management platforms to Kong infrastructure
- Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, and custom integrations for customer adoption
- Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, and Kubernetes automation
- Collaborate with customer teams (developers, architects, security) to solve complex technical challenges
- Create reusable best practices, reference architectures, and technical assets to scale delivery
What they're looking for
- Software engineering and hands-on coding
- API gateway architecture and implementation
- Cloud-native and Kubernetes technologies
- CI/CD integration and automation frameworks
- Platform engineering and infrastructure tooling
- Enterprise architecture and system design
- Customer-facing technical communication
- API governance and modernization
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with Fortune 50/500 companies on mission-critical systems
- Exposure to cutting-edge cloud-native technologies and distributed systems
- Professional growth through large-scale enterprise architecture experience
- Direct influence on Kong's product roadmap through customer feedback
- Part of rapidly growing Professional Services organization
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Kong
Kong builds an API and AI gateway platform for cloud-native environments that enables enterprise customers to manage connectivity and integrations. The company is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers who combine hands-on software engineering with direct customer collaboration to implement, optimize, and migrate to Kong's solutions.
- Website
- konghq.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a complex customer implementation or migration you've led. What technical challenges did you face, and how did you solve them?
- Tell us about a time you had to influence product direction or roadmap based on customer feedback. How did you approach it?