Staff Solutions Engineer

Kong Inc.

Sydney, Australia
Remote
Api management
Agentic ai
Event-driven architectures
Act as a pivotal sales engineer, leveraging over a decade of experience to bridge the gap between traditional API management and the emerging AI Platforming era

Job Summary

  • Act as a pivotal sales engineer, leveraging over a decade of experience to bridge the gap between traditional API management and the emerging AI Platforming era.
  • Own the technical journey for our customers, guiding them through the integration of Kong’s platform with Kafka streams, AI orchestration tools, and hybrid-cloud environments.
  • Support top-of-funnel marketing by creating blogs, webinars, and participating in trade shows and field events.

Matching Summary

Act as a pivotal sales engineer, leveraging over a decade of experience to bridge the gap between traditional API management and the emerging AI Platforming era.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • API management
  • Agentic AI
  • Event-Driven Architectures
  • DevOps
  • AIOps
  • FinOps
  • Kafka streams

Nice-to-have

  • Strong listener and communicator
  • Lead discussions with executives
  • Startup culture enthusiasm
  • Customer satisfaction focus

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years software engineer/sales engineer management experience
  • SaaS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company experience
  • Solid understanding of cloud computing trends
  • Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
  • Experience with APIs, CI/CD automation
  • Experience with AI and LLM technologies

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