Remote Forward Deployed Engineer – API & AI Connectivity

Devconnectplatform

Midwest (WY)

Hybrid

USD 192,000 - 274,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Kong Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to join its Professional Services team. You will design, build, and implement Kong-based solutions for enterprise customers across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, driving adoption of API and AI connectivity platforms.

Responsibilities include hands-on implementation, automation, migrations, and creating reusable assets. You will work with customer developers and cross-functional teams to deliver production-grade solutions with a strong

Qualifications

8+ years in customer-facing engineering, platform engineering, professional services, SRE, or software engineering.
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.
Proficiency in Linux, networking, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices.
Programming in Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Lua; IaC tooling like Terraform/Helm/Ansible or GitOps.

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on implementation efforts for API gateways, AI gateways, service mesh, developer portals, and related connectivity technologies.
Build automation frameworks, migration tooling, and reusable accelerators.
Drive migrations from legacy API management platforms to Kong.
Develop production-grade code, scripts, plugins, CI/CD integrations, and Kubernetes tooling.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to influence roadmap and share field learnings.