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Senior Solutions Engineer

Paris, Ile-de-France, France · Hybrid

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: API Management, Technical Sales, Cloud Computing, NGINX, Docker

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Senior Software Engineer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote OK

$145k–$174k/yr

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Typescript, Javascript, NodeJS, NestJS, PostgreSQL

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Senior Revenue Program Manager

Albany, New York, United States · Remote OK

$130k–$140k/yr

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Program Management, Executive Engagement, Event Planning, Budget Management, Cvent

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Senior Programme Manager

London, England, United Kingdom · Remote OK

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Project Management, Client Engagement, Resource Management, Quality Assurance, Risk Management

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Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Volcano

United States · Remote OK

$150k–$210k/yr

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Kubernetes, SRE, Platform Engineering, GitOps, CI/CD

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Strategic Account Executive (Central Government)

London, England, United Kingdom · Remote OK

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Software Sales, Public Sector Procurement, Account Management, Negotiation, Presentation Skills

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Enterprise Account Executive, Switzerland (French Speaking)

Berlin, Germany · Remote OK

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Sales, Account Management, Consultative Selling, Contract Negotiation, Pipeline Management

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Enterprise Account Executive - Germany

Berlin, Germany · Remote OK

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Sales, Account Management, Consultative Selling, Contract Negotiation, Pipeline Management

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Senior Software Engineer, Scheme Interpreter - Shanghai

Shanghai, Shanghai, China · On-site

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Rust, Scheme, Interpreter Implementation, Compiler Design, Linux Systems Troubleshooting

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Software Engineer - Kubernetes

Milan, Lombardy, Italy · Hybrid

Mid level$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Golang, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, API Gateways, Cloud-Native Technologies

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RVP Sales UKI & Northern Europe (Benelux and Nordics)

London, England, United Kingdom · Remote OK

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Sales Leadership, Pipeline Generation, MEDDPICC, Sales Forecasting, Recruiting

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Software Engineer AI Gateway

Milan, Lombardy, Italy · Hybrid

Mid level$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Golang, Rust, Linux Systems Troubleshooting, Distributed Systems, Linux Networking Stack

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Staff Solutions Engineer

Karnataka, India · On-site

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: AIOps, Kafka, API Design, API Management, OAuth

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Senior Marketing Operations Analyst - India

Karnataka, India · On-site

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Marketo, Salesforce, Marketing Operations, Data Normalization, Lead Lifecycle Management

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Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Golang, Distributed Systems, Networking, Kubernetes, Cloud Computing

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Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK

$160k–$200k/yr

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Server-side rendering, Monorepo architecture

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Enterprise Account Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Software Sales, Pipeline Generation, Account Planning, Forecasting, Negotiation

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Sales Strategy and Operations Manager

United States · Remote OK

$130k–$160k/yr

Senior$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: GTM Strategy, Sales Operations, Financial Modeling, Territory Planning, Pipeline Analytics

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Enterprise Account Executive

Singapore, Singapore · On-site

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: Enterprise Software Sales, Pipeline Generation, Account Planning, Forecasting, Negotiation

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Strategic Account Executive

Karnataka, India · On-site

Senior+$344M raised

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly …

Skills: B2B SaaS Sales, Enterprise Sales, Account Planning, Contract Negotiation, C-Suite Relationship Management

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Senior Solutions Engineer

Kong

Paris, Ile-de-France, France • Hybrid

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  • Full-time
  • Posted 2d ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

Support field sales by helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management platform and managing the sales lifecycle from product reviews to production. Coordinate with product and engineering teams to ensure customer satisfaction and create technical documentation for implementations.

Requirements

Requires 7+ years of software or sales engineering experience at a SaaS, Open Source, or Enterprise Software company. Candidates should have a solid understanding of cloud computing trends and proficiency with tools like Docker and Linux.

Full job description

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If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

Kong is looking for a Sales Engineer who is motivated to help drive new business, evangelize our technology, onboard and train new customers, and establish revenue potential with existing customers. Ideally this candidate should have experience working with open source technology and good knowledge of NGINX, Docker, HTTP, AWS, Postgres and Cassandra.

What you'll be doing:

  • Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management platform

  • Understand and help establish customer requirements and grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production

  • Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process

  • Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across assigned set of accounts

  • Prioritise customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs

  • Create technical documentation for DevOps, implementations, and services engagements

  • Any additional tasks required by manager

What you'll bring:

  • 7+ years software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience at SAAS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company.

  • We will also consider those with a background in post-sales or support who are interested and have the aptitude for technical sales.

  • Solid understanding of cloud computing trends and open source business models.

  • You are a strong listener and communicator.

  • You can confidently lead a discussion with a group of Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives.Enthusiasm for working in a high profile, fast-paced startup culture.

Bonus points:

  • Experience with Docker.

  • Fluent working on Linux OSes.

  • Familiarity with CD/CI pipeline.

  • Any knowledge on Kubernetes, DCOS/Mesos and Docker Swarm is a plus.

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About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.

Related keywords

KongAPI ManagementAI ConnectivitySaaSOpen SourceEnterprise SoftwareNGINXDockerHTTPAWSPostgresCassandraLinuxCI/CDKubernetesDCOS/Mesos

About Kong

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The Unified API and AI Platform. Unleash Intelligence.

Industry
Software Development
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
LinkedIn followers
78,936
Total funding
$344M

No AI without APIs. Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the connectivity layer for AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud.

Offices: 44 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California 94104, US · Chicago, Illinois 60610, US · London, GB · Singapore, SG · Shanghai, CN

API gatewayAI GatewayAPI ManagementLLM traffic governanceAPI securitySemantic CachingAPI lifecycle managementmulti-LLM routingAPI rate limitingtoken budget management
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About Kong

LinkedInVisit site

The Unified API and AI Platform. Unleash Intelligence.

Industry
Software Development
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
LinkedIn followers
78,936
Total funding
$344M

No AI without APIs. Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the connectivity layer for AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud.

Offices: 44 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California 94104, US · Chicago, Illinois 60610, US · London, GB · Singapore, SG · Shanghai, CN

API gatewayAI GatewayAPI ManagementLLM traffic governanceAPI securitySemantic CachingAPI lifecycle managementmulti-LLM routingAPI rate limitingtoken budget management
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