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About the role:
You will be working at a hectic and fast paced Startup as an engineer in the Technical Support Engineering (TSE) team. This team is responsible for assisting Kong customers in resolving complex technical issues in production and pre-production environments.
You will have the opportunity to work with your teammates and our customers to support many new, leading-edge technologies that solve real challenges. You will work to provide robust feedback and guidance to our Product and Engineering teams while being a voice for our customers. You want to make our customers and partners successful while strengthening their relationship with Kong. You can make a huge impact and have real ownership for the work you do.
This opportunity requires the candidates to be able to work 4 PM - 1 AM ( India Time) to support the EST shift.
What you'll be doing:
Working with top developers from around the world; helping to implement Kong Products and Technologies including our API Gateway and ServiceMesh solutions.
Leading the investigation of complex technical puzzles and working collaboratively to understand and resolve customer issues via live troubleshooting calls and emails in an enterprise environment.
Creating knowledge articles to compliment our documentation and enable customers to better understand product use cases.
Work closely with engineering and product by providing real-time feedback about product performance and customer needs.
Collaborate closely with other customer facing teams including Education, Technical Account Managers, CSMs and PS for customer issues.
Participate in bringing innovation within the support team, the company and with our customers, by looking for better ways to do the work we do, improve the tools we use and the how we raise the bar on the service we deliver to our Global customers.
Provide technical mentorship to other team members and participate in any ad-hoc projects.
What you bring:
You are a voracious learner who loves to dig into technical mysteries and has the creativity to solve complex technical problems.
You can build relationships with like-minded teammates, smart customers, and global partners.
Share a growth mindset, learn and adapt quickly.
Some of the skills that you will regularly use include:
REST and RESTful APIs
Coding skills- (at a minimum, read and troubleshoot code).
Cloud technologies, Containers, cluster deployment and management tools like Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes and others.
You know your way around web architectures, including HTTP.
5+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role.
Bonus Points:
Familiarity with DNS, Linux/Unix-type systems and/or databases.
GoLang and/or Lua experience.
Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, Shell.
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About Kong:
Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role
- Ability to read and troubleshoot code
Kong Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kong and has not been reviewed or approved by Kong.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many roles, particularly in senior and technical positions, with bonuses and overtime enhancing earnings for some. Compensation is generally described as strong across a range of functions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies such as flexible time off, company Unplug Days, U‑First Fridays, and a paid sabbatical create multiple avenues for rest and personal development. These offerings support work‑life balance for a distributed workforce.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options and an employee stock purchase plan enable broad participation in company equity. Equity is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards alongside cash compensation.
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What We Do
Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate time to market.
Why Work With Us
It starts with how we show up for each other. We’ve created a workplace that’s intentionally flexible, deeply inclusive, and built for meaningful collaboration — whether virtual or in person. We trust our teams to own their work, and we give them the support, tools, and freedom to grow.
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