Kong jobs

SRE 2, Managed Gateways at Kong, focused on reliability, scalability, and automation of Kong's managed gateway services across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure). Requires 2+ years SRE experience, Golang/Python proficiency, Kubernetes, and cloud platform expertise. Located in India-Karnataka. This is a technical infrastructure/SRE role but restricted to India, not US remote.

Kong is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive for the Southeast US to drive sales of their API gateway and observability platform. The role involves prospecting, closing deals, and managing strategic accounts at C-level. It is fully remote and offers $260k–$360k compensation, but the core function is sales, not engineering.

Kong seeks an Enterprise Account Executive for the West region to drive new enterprise customer acquisition, own full sales cycles, manage strategic accounts, and exceed revenue targets. Requires 7+ years enterprise SaaS/cloud sales experience with proven track record closing complex deals. Compensation $260k–$360k. Remote, Colorado-based.

Deal Desk Manager at Kong, fully remote, US-based, $140k–$160k annual salary. Role focuses on deal structuring, quoting, complex contract negotiations, and cross-functional alignment with sales, legal, finance, and product. Requires 5+ years deal desk/revenue ops experience in B2B SaaS with expertise in subscription and consumption-based pricing models.

Kong is hiring a Senior Staff Solutions Engineer in Australia to architect and implement enterprise API management solutions for clients. You'll lead the design of complex API architectures, develop secure authentication strategies, drive CI/CD adoption, mentor junior engineers, and manage technical aspects of client projects while serving as a subject matter expert across the full software development lifecycle. The role requires 10+ years in solutions engineering or senior development, deep expertise with API management platforms (Kong experience strongly preferred), proficiency in Docker, Git, and Linux, and proven skills in system integration, cybersecurity, and project management. Kong builds API and AI connectivity infrastructure trusted by Fortune 500 companies and is positioned around the emerging agentic AI era. This is a technical leadership position based in Australia that emphasizes both hands-on architecture work and mentoring of junior engineers—notably, the posting explicitly welcomes candidates who don't check every box if they're strong in key areas.