Description
Kong is hiring a Staff Solutions Engineer to serve as a trusted technical advisor for enterprise customers adopting its API and AI connectivity platform. The role supports field sales, customer discovery, proof-of-concepts, technical feasibility workshops, complex enterprise deal strategy, implementation documentation, customer satisfaction, and collaboration with product, support, and engineering teams. It also includes mentoring junior solutions engineers, thought leadership, and influencing product direction. Candidates need 7+ years of software or solutions engineering experience, enterprise deal ownership, cloud-native and API experience, AI/LLM governance knowledge, and hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tooling.
