Are you ready to power the World's connections?

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:

You will be working at a hectic and fast paced Startup as a member of the Professional Services Field Engineering team. This team is responsible for interfacing with our customers on billable projects as well as producing tooling, white papers and other marketing content.

As a member of the

Professional Services Field Engineering team you will act as a pathfinder for our largest and most critical customers. Helping establish, implement and customize API Connectivity platforms that process hundreds of billions of transactions globally.

In this role you will have the opportunity to interface with everyone in the customer environment from Developers to Executives and represent Kong culture and values everyday.

This is one of the most technically challenging roles in the industry, and working at Kong presents a unique opportunity to combine that challenge with helping to modernize enterprise software and learn about how businesses run in the digital age.

Above all you’ll be acting as a stellar teammate for the rest of Kong.

What you'll be doing:

Working with a diverse team of people from all over the world

Work on innovative and cutting edge customer projects

Help innovate our tooling and processes to make you and your team more efficientLearning our products and technologies, taking that knowledge and applying it to real world usage

Collaborating with other peers, business partners and groups. Representing not only yourself and the rest of your team but all of Kong

Defining what ‘good’ looks like in terms of production deployments, what is recommended and why

Working with Sales and Product teams to ensure our customers are getting the most out of the solution

You will be leading customer discussions and small scale projects

And any additional tasks required by manager

What you'll bring:

Passion and determination about technology

Enjoy working with others and collaborating

Self awareness and strong communication skills are a must

5+ years of relevant technical experience required

Practical working knowledge of API’s and microservices architectures

Proficient in Linux environments including Cloud and Development tooling

Ability to travel to customer and Kong locations as-needed (post COVID)

Experience with application development is highly preferred

Candidates with prior experience in Open Source and/or infrastructure software companies will be given preference

Strong business German Language skills.

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