Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Field Applications)

About the role

We are looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to heavily interface with our customers within Field Applications to join our Innovation Group within the Professional Services organization at Kong. The Innovation Group is responsible for developing automated migration solutions using AI Coding Agents for our consultants to use during their consulting engagements.

Responsibilities

• Enhancing our Migration Automation Framework using state-of-the-art AI Coding Agents to build robust, scalable and reliable migration solutions.
• Blending software engineering, AI/LLM integration and API gateway expertise with strong customer-facing communication skills.
• Interfacing and collaborating with a variety of peers and partners as well as everyone in the customer environment from Developers to Executives, representing Kong culture and values every day.
• Driving the successful delivery of customer-facing migration solutions.
• Collaborating closely with Kong’s different cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Customer Success, CRE, and others).
• Working on cutting-edge, innovative customer solutions involving new and exciting technology with diverse people all over the world.
• Contributing to the growth and success of the Kong Professional Services organization.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant software development experience
• Hands-on implementation experience with API gateway and/or API integrations in customer environments
• Practical working knowledge of API’s, containers and micro-services
• Proficient in Linux environments including Cloud and Development tooling
• Experience with building and deploying software solutions using AI Coding Agents
• Experience with application development and multiple programming languages required
• Experience with major cloud providers such as GCP, AWS, and Azure preferred
• Experience with Google Apigee or IBM API Connect & Data Power a plus

Qualifications

• Passion and determination for technology and innovation
• Strong organizational and change management skills with an ability to manage competing customer demands
• Prominent team player and solution builder who loves to work collaboratively in a fast-growing dynamic environment
• Able to occasionally travel to customers and Kong locations as needed

Skills

• BS in Computer Science / B.A. or equivalent technical development experience

Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $153,090 - $215,000.