# Staff Forward Deployed Engineer at Kong

- Company: Kong
- What the company does: Backed by Index, NEA and a16z.
- Company website: http://konghq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Arizona, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $192K to $274K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/60c71802-2f21-4294-a0f3-fc14949d88ff
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kong-staff-forward-deployed-engineer/

## About the role

Join the global leader in API and AI governance in the era of Artificial Intelligence! API traffic now outnumbers human traffic online, and a significant portion of that traffic is powered by the Kong platform, the world’s most popular API gateway. As organizations modernize for AI-driven connectivity, Kong is uniquely positioned at the center of enterprise transformation.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, site reliability engineering, or software engineering roles
- Strong hands-on software engineering and implementation experience
- Experience with API gateways, API management, integrations, or distributed systems platforms
- Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure expertise
- Experience building automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling
- Strong proficiency in Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices

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